Peta's complaint about monkeys isn't totally nutsWhen I heard that coconut products from Thailand had been banned from supermarkets in London, as a result of a campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), I wasn't surprised. Media reports say Peta claimed the monkeys had been "snatched from the wild and cruelly trained" to pick coconuts, like coconut-picking machines. The commerce ministry said it would invite foreign ambassadors to witness how monkeys had been raised and trained. He has seen the use of monkeys as coconut pickers since he was young and questioned if Peta's visits to eight coconut plantations represented the whole industry in Thailand. Mentioning this, I'm not saying all monkeys, and other animals, in Thailand are being treated well and fairly.

Source: Bangkok Post July 07, 2020 23:26 UTC