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For immediate release:
18 March 2021
Contact:
Brooke Rossi 202-483-7382
Boise, Idaho – Tomorrow PETA Supporters Dressed As Monkeys Will Dump Hundreds humanely selected coconuts at Albertsons headquarters to remind the company that it is nuts do business with Thai brand Chaokoh. PETA Asia’s investigation revealed that Chaoko is forcing monkeys, kept in cages and chains for their entire lives, to harvest coconuts, which are used in coconut milk products. PETA also shipped coconuts to the homes of Albertsons executives.
When: Friday 19 March 12:00
Where: Albertsons Headquarters, 250 E. Parkcenter Boulevard, Boise
PETA Asia researchers have found monkey abuse on every farm, every educational institution, and every coconut-harvesting competition that used monkey labor. When not forced to pick coconuts or perform in circus shows for tourists, animals were kept tied, chained to old tires, or in cages barely larger than their size — devoid of any semblance of natural life. Many monkeys displayed repetitive behaviors indicative of extreme psychological distress, including one that gnawed at their own limbs. One coconut farmer confirmed that when monkeys are afraid and try to defend themselves, they can have their fangs pulled out.
“Coconut milk collected by abused monkeys should not be on grocery store shelves, just as monkeys belong to these chains,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. PETA Urges Albertsons to Ditch the Products of Forced Monkey Labor.
More than 28,000 other stores, including Target, Wegmans, Costco, Walgreens, Food Lion, and Stop & Shop, have banned coconut milk brands that use monkey-harvested coconuts.
PETA, whose motto is in part that “animals are not in our hands to abuse them in any way,” is opposed to arrogance, which is a worldview focused on human superiority. For more information please visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…
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