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Monkeys exploited in Thai coconut industry
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Cocoanut products are vegan and therefore are considered cruelty free. That is not always the case. In Thailand the cocoanut industry uses monkeys to harvest the cocoanuts. These monkeys are kept in poor conditions, isolated from other monkeys and forced to work long hours picking cocoanuts. This is an exploitive and cruel practice. It is also misleading to the public who believe that by using cocoanut products they are avoiding animal exploitation and cruelty.


https://thebeet.com/coconut-products-tie...ban-sales/

Some stores have stopped carrying cocoanut products that come from Thailand. We as consumers have the final say in what products actually sell. 
It is not enough to just buy a vegan product. We do have to check where it is from and how was it produced. I know it can seem exhausting to keep up with all of this, but we do tend to buy the same products and brands over and over. We have the internet to make easy research possible. It is worth a few minutes of our time to look up a product or a company or a country of origin and find out if it is exploitive. Groups like PETA investigate various industries so checking their web site or other web sites will give quick answers about products.  If we all shop responsibly it will no longer be profitable to use monkey labour. I know I am going to be more careful in future.
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Catherine

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#2
I seem to remember that a few years ago we had a similar thread - and that either you or Tobi found some links to websites where cruelty free coconut products were listed and giving details of where they could be bought.
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I think you are right.  This subject did come up. I am not sure if it was  Thailand though.  I will see if I can find some cruelty free recommendations.
This article mentions companies that are using  products  made from monkey harvested cocoanuts. That is important information too.

If the subject  has come up again it means that the practice is still going on.

Here is a link that lists a lot of ethical companies.

https://animalplace.org/did-a-monkey-pic...-coconuts/


https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/be...oconut-oil


https://coconut-merchant.com/


If we all choose to support ethical companies and boycott exploitive companies we could have a positive impact on the industry.
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Catherine

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I found the original thread, Catherine. There are a few useful links there, too:
http://www.animalloverswebforum.com/show...p?tid=2815
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I am glad you found the thread. I am sure it would have taken me forever to find it. I do notice that we had it in the same section both times.

At least one of the links is from the same source so the issue is still very active. We still need to pay attention to where our products are sourced. 
That is true of every product, not just coconut products. I am glad now that I didn't get into coconut products. I feel better using locally sourced oils because it is easier for me to check on how they are produced.

Any coconut personal care products I use come from The Body Shop. They not only don't test on animals and never have. All their ingredients are ethically sourced.
If they can't find an ethical source for an ingredient they need, they will discontinue the product. 

I wish tourists would not visit places where primates are exploited. It might seem cute to watch monkeys climb trees to pick coconuts, but it is not so cute when they have to do it for hours on end, day after day and year after year. 

I think we have provided enough links that anyone should be able to find an ethical source of coconut products.
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