(Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)Thailand does not use monkeys to harvest coconuts on an industrial scale for its export industry, insisted Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit on Monday. Peta has called for a boycott of Thai coconut products. Peta called for a boycott of Thai coconut products after it accused Thai farmers of snatching pig-tailed macaques from the wild to be used as "coconut picking machines". One of them said he would agree with the United Kingdom's move to ban Thai coconut products to protect animals' welfare as long as it does not discriminate. Some 70% of Thai coconut milk exported to the UK is distributed at supermarkets, restaurants and hotels operated by Asians.

Source: Bangkok Post July 06, 2020 22:52 UTC