Thailand denies claims of monkey abuse in coconut harvesting | South China Morning Post

Thai authorities have denied allegations by an animal rights group that monkeys were being abused during coconut picking. Thai Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said “using monkeys for the coconut industry is almost non-existent”. He admitted that farmers did use monkeys to harvest coconuts but only on a small sc…

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