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Meal kit company HelloFresh is accused of sourcing coconut milk from monkey labor camps where animals are chained and abused in appalling conditions
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- HelloFresh reportedly uses coconut milk sourced from monkey labor camps
- PETA investigated alleged monkey abuse in nine provinces around Thailand
- PETA claimed abuse was seen at 57 surgeries in the Asian country
- Monkeys were reportedly chained, flogged and forced to spend all day picking coconuts
Monkeys are tortured and chained to collect coconuts used in HelloFresh products, according to a shocking report from an animal rights organization.
A PETA Asia investigation reportedly found that the meal kit company uses coconut milk that comes from monkey labor in Thailand.
The organization claims that the animals are forced to pick coconuts all day and spend their lives in chains while being abused by their handlers.
PETA visited 57 surgeries in the Southeast Asian country and claimed that “animals were mistreated in every operation.”
The organization has since called for a mass boycott of HelloFresh, claiming some monkeys were seen “chained to litter-strewn patches of dirt and flooded areas with car tires as their only ‘shelter’ from the elements.”
Monkeys are tortured and chained to collect coconuts used in HelloFresh products, according to a shocking report from an animal rights organization.
Monkeys have reportedly been abused by handlers and forced to spend all day picking coconuts
“A worker told investigators that the monkeys will be forced to pick coconuts for more than a decade and then spend the rest of their lives on a chain,” the report claimed.
The abuse reportedly happened to monkeys in nine provinces in Thailand.
A trainer was reportedly seen “punching a screaming monkey,” before dangling him from the chain around his neck and beating him with the chain.
Another female monkey reportedly used for breeding was chained alone in the sun without water, the report claimed.
A PETA Asia investigation reportedly found that the food delivery service uses coconut milk sourced from monkey labor in Thailand
The abuse reportedly happened to monkeys in nine provinces in Thailand
PETA has called for a boycott of companies allegedly using products derived from monkey labour
Other monkeys were reportedly kept in cages when they were not picking coconuts.
Coconut pickers said the monkeys sometimes suffer broken bones from falling from trees or being pulled down, and a worker confirmed that most monkeys in the wild are abducted from their families, even though the species exploited by the coconut trade are endangered or threatened, the report said.
PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said the companies allegedly sourcing coconut milk from monkey labor camps “have a conscience.”
“PETA is calling on everyone … to stop buying canned coconut milk from Thailand until monkeys are no longer used and abused for profit,” he said.
A HelloFresh International spokesperson said: ‘HelloFresh strongly condemns any use of monkey labor in its supply chain, and we take a hard stance not to source from suppliers or sell coconut products that have been found to use monkey labour.
“We have written confirmation from all of our suppliers – in the US and worldwide – that they are not engaging in these practices.”
HelloFresh operates in countries around the world, including the UK, Australia, Japan, US, Canada, and New Zealand.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted HelloFresh Australia for further comment.
A HelloFresh spokesperson said: ‘HelloFresh strongly condemns any use of monkey labor in its supply chain