Tradition or exploitation?

In July 2020, British supermarkets pulled Thai coconut products from their shelves after reports by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) raised concerns about monkey labour in Thailand.

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An informational infographic about coconut production and harvesting in Thailand, featuring diagrams of coconuts and coconut palm trees, maps of main production areas, illustrations of how monkeys harvest coconuts, and details about crab-eating macaques.

This backpage print was published in the South China Morning Post in August 2020.

 Countries like the US and the Netherlands later followed suit. Thailand is one of the world’s top exporters of coconut milk: Australia, Britain and America are the country’s biggest markets.

An infographic from the South China Morning Post about coconut harvesting and monkey training in Thailand, including illustrations of coconut trees, monkeys, and their harvesting methods.

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Detailed grayscale illustration of crab-eating macaques, including their physical characteristics, behaviors, and environmental habitat, with annotations describing their traits and activities.

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A sketch of a monkey with a serious expression, sitting in a snowy landscape with tall palm trees in the background.

This version is slightly different from the print backpage.

Illustration showing a person at the bottom of a tall palm tree, using a rope and a monkey to climb up to the fruits. The image explains that monkeys are tied to a chain or rope long enough for them to climb to the top of the palm tree with the fruit.
A drawing of a monkey twisting a coconut from a tree branch, with labels and arrows indicating the process of detaching the coconut.
Illustration of a monkey biting into a coconut, with text describing a step to use its teeth to bite through the branch holding the coconut.
A detailed pencil sketch of a small, monkey-like creature with large eyes, sitting on an oversized nut and holding a thin stick or string.

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A black and white sketch of a peach, with an interior depiction of a landscape including a sunset, water, and horizon inside the fruit.

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