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Back in May 2024, PETA Asia investigators—along with veterinarian Dr. Heather Rally—cracked the Thai coconut industry wide open by exposing “schools” that imprison baby pig-tailed macaque monkeys and forcibly train them to pick coconuts for the rest of their lives. 😰
Watch this vid from the largest school PETA Asia and Dr. Rally visited—and then call on the Thai government to close all monkey schools and ban monkey labor!
It’s clear the Thai government, whose “monkey-free” claims are complete cap, has no intention of ending monkey labor. This situation makes it nearly impossible for Thai coconut farms to guarantee that they don’t support this cruelty.
The Thai Government Rips Baby Monkeys Away From Their Mothers
At these schools, baby monkeys—who were abducted from their fams in nature or bred on-site and separated from their mothers when they were much too young—are tethered using ropes so short that they’re barely able to move. 😱 Trapped by plastic rings around their tiny necks, they huddle together in fear.
These babies are chained and tethered on metal bars that leave their skin chafed raw. The bars offer no comfort, warmth, or shelter, leaving the monkeys to seek comfort among each other. But the rope attached to a baby monkey was so short that they couldn’t huddle with the others:
Tethered by a short rope, the monkey below couldn’t move freely or sit on the ground.
Several monkeys were stuck without shelter for protection in trash-filled areas or tied up in muddy spots that flooded when it rained:
While at one coconut picker’s home, PETA Asia’s investigators saw what the future holds for baby monkeys once they “graduate” from these schools: An older monkey was imprisoned in a small cage and chained around the neck.
Dr. Rally noted the following:
"These conditions constitute extreme confinement and deprivation. Inside this cage, the animal has no water available, no way to escape from the extreme heat, no opportunity to take shelter, and nowhere to rest or escape from his own excrement or the discomfort inflicted by metal bars on his skin and feet. These conditions are psychologically torturous and physically debilitating as well as a direct threat to this animal’s life."
Speak Out Against Monkey Labor: Take Action Now
Every single baby monkey PETA Asia’s investigators and Dr. Rally observed was suffering from discomfort, deprivation, and psychological torment—just so these cruel schools could force them to become coconut-picking machines for the Thai coconut industry.
Please sign below to urge the Thai government to end this suffering by shutting down the schools and banning monkey labor in its country. 🚨