07-04-2020, 12:01 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53276071
A number of supermarkets have removed some coconut water and oil from their shelves after it emerged the products were made with fruit picked by monkeys.
The monkeys are snatched from the wild and trained to pick up to 1,000 coconuts a day, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) said.
The animal rights group said pigtailed macaques in Thailand were treated like "coconut-picking machines".
In response Waitrose, Ocado, Co-op and Boots vowed to stop selling some goods.
Meanwhile, Morrisons said it had already removed products made with monkey-picked coconuts from its shelves.
Yeah... if I bought a coconut product, and later discovered it had been picked by one of these monkeys, I'd be pretty annoyed. It's not just the concept of them being picked by monkeys: it's also the poor animal welfare standards that the monkeys have to endure while they're doing it (e.g. being chained to tyres )
Hopefully, any supermarkets that haven't already removed these products will follow suit shortly.
A number of supermarkets have removed some coconut water and oil from their shelves after it emerged the products were made with fruit picked by monkeys.
The monkeys are snatched from the wild and trained to pick up to 1,000 coconuts a day, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) said.
The animal rights group said pigtailed macaques in Thailand were treated like "coconut-picking machines".
In response Waitrose, Ocado, Co-op and Boots vowed to stop selling some goods.
Meanwhile, Morrisons said it had already removed products made with monkey-picked coconuts from its shelves.
Yeah... if I bought a coconut product, and later discovered it had been picked by one of these monkeys, I'd be pretty annoyed. It's not just the concept of them being picked by monkeys: it's also the poor animal welfare standards that the monkeys have to endure while they're doing it (e.g. being chained to tyres )
Hopefully, any supermarkets that haven't already removed these products will follow suit shortly.
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