Lack of action guarantees coconut industry ruinThis 2002 photo shows legendary monkey trainer Somporn Sae Khow and one of his naughty students who was trained as a coconut picker in Surat Thani. Bangkok Post photoThe government and the coconut industry will do or say anything to avoid talking about the abuse of monkeys. It may be hard to believe, but a Peta investigation has documented that intelligent, social primates are enduring miserable lives of servitude in Thailand's coconut farming industry. They don't want to see these social and intelligent animals being deprived of their natural lives and exploited by the coconut industry. There are many great things about Thailand -- the annual vegan festival in October is a personal favourite, along with the booming Nam Hom coconut industry, which doesn't use monkeys.

Source: Bangkok Post July 08, 2020 23:26 UTC