Monkeys still forced to pick coconuts in Thailand despite controversy
Months after reports that Thailand coconut farmers rely on monkey labor, a new investigation shows little action has been taken.
ByRachel Fobar
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Farmers in Thailand are still using monkey labor to supply coconuts to the international market, according to new information from the Asia branch of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
This comes about six months after the animal rights organization released findings from a 2019 undercover investigation. The report spurred coconut product companies, supermarket chains, and the Thaigovernment to give assurances that monkeys would no longer be forced to harvest coconuts.
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A gorilla named Bua Noi has been living in Thailand since 1988 and spent her life in an enclosure in Pata Zoo, a facility located above a mall in Bangkok through the help of the singer Cher.
The singer, Cher recently wrote to Thailand s environment minister, Varawut Silpa-Archa, wherein she expressed her concerns over the conditions of the gorilla. The enclosure is small, with little stimulation and inadequate access to the outdoors. Bua Noi has been caged at the top of Bangkok shopping mall for three decades already. Pata Zoo has long been criticized by animal welfare campaigners. Bua Noi s mate also died more than a decade ago.
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