For immediate release:
February 10, 2021
Contacts:
Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382
Angels – Tomorrow, PETA supporters in monkey costumes will leave hundreds humanely selected coconuts at Ralphs, a subsidiary of Kroger, to remind the company that this nuts do business with Thai brand Chaokoh. PETA Asia’s investigation revealed that Chaoko forces monkeys, kept in cages and chains for their entire lives, to harvest coconuts used in coconut milk products. PETA also sent coconuts to the homes of Kroger executives and previously threw fruit outside the doors of Kroger’s headquarters.
When: Thursday 11 February 12 noon
Where: Ralphs, 645 W. Ninth Street, Los Angeles
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 life. Many monkeys displayed repetitive behaviors indicative of extreme mental distress, including one that gnawed at its limbs. One coconut farmer confirmed that when monkeys are afraid and try to protect themselves, they can have their fangs pulled out.
“Milk from coconuts harvested by abused monkeys should not be on the shelves of grocery stores, like monkeys belonging to these chains,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. PETA Urges Ralph 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,” opposes 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…