webfact Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Ban on monkey-picked coconut products in UK won’t hurt: shippers’ council By The Nation The Thai National Shippers’ Council appears to be unfazed by the so-called ban on Thai coconut products in the West, saying getting monkeys to pick the fruit is a tradition in Southeast Asian countries. Visit Limlurcha, the council’s vice president, said the ban on Thai coconut milk in English supermarkets over alleged animal abuse will not really hurt exports because the ban is only applicable in limited sections. “Thai coconut products were banned out of a misunderstanding. Monkeys are like pets for Thai people and banning the products doesn’t make sense because Thailand’s animal-protection laws are stronger than in other countries. If this was the real reason, then coconut products would have been banned a long time ago,” he said. However, he said, neighbouring countries like Indonesia and Vietnam will suffer more if their products are also banned because they also use monkeys to pick coconuts. Visit did not confirm whether this ban was part of protectionist policies, but the Commerce Ministry has said it will meet with European representatives on Wednesday to explain Thailand’s traditional ways. Last year, Thailand’s export of coconut milk and coconut products was worth US$400 million (Bt12.5 billion) and over the past eight years, the export expanded 115 per cent in big markets such as United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30390906 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-07-08 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blumpie Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Well I have to disagree with the animal protection laws being strong - just look at how they treat elephants. But I digress.... I only want coconut products picked by slave monkeys. Nay, I want a picture of the monkey that picked my coconut on the front just so I can be certain that these vile beasts have been put to good use rather than running around spreading rabies. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew65 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Are these monkeys badly treated, or is it that they're working for 'free'? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CLS Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 “However, he said, neighbouring countries like Indonesia and Vietnam will suffer more if their products are also banned because they also use monkeys to pick coconuts.” Does it mitigate your pain if others have to suffer too? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: getting monkeys to pick the fruit is a tradition in Southeast Asian countries. monkeys have many rolls in Thailand some are very powerful 1 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pegman Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 All the terrible problems in the world and these English twits pick this to flip out about? 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rasmus5150 Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 47 minutes ago, CLS said: “However, he said, neighbouring countries like Indonesia and Vietnam will suffer more if their products are also banned because they also use monkeys to pick coconuts.” Does it mitigate your pain if others have to suffer too? Just like kids in kindergarten getting a reprimand from a teacher. "But the other kids did it too".......... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: Thailand’s animal-protection laws are stronger than in other countries. and which countries are those? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post faraday Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, pegman said: All the terrible problems in the world and these English twits pick this to flip out about? Makes 'em feel good, like they've actually achieved something. ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 My god enough with this monkey and coconut business, the world is drowning in death and misery following this pandemic and other calamities and those twerps out there are making big noises about an animals that are probably treated better than a human worker... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 27 minutes ago, pegman said: All the terrible problems in the world and these English twits pick this to flip out about? They're all locked up and desperate to find a cause to twitter about. If the Thai coconut industry depended on monkeys to pick the nuts they'd make about one hundred quid a year, given the number of monkeys I've seen picking in LOS. Far as I know the only money they make is in the tourist industry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, faraday said: Makes 'em feel good, like they've actually achieved something. ???? Makes 'em feel good, superior like they've actually achieved something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tribalfusion001 Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 Maybe get all the unemployed bar girls to pick the coconuts instead slave labour monkeys. Actually the British are superior it's a well known fact! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 It's sanctimonious, they need to look at themselves, & the shambles that is prevalent in UK society. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Curt1591 Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 Wait till the UK finds out Panda delivers food in Thailand! 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: getting monkeys to pick the fruit is a tradition No, the actual tradition is getting anyone else to do your work. signed: Tom Sawyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 If that monkey were wearing a silk mask hed look a lot like................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtco Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: Thailand’s animal-protection laws are stronger than in other countries Really!!! Tell that to all those mistreated elephants then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 22 minutes ago, rtco said: Really!!! Tell that to all those mistreated elephants then I think you not have knowledge about the law in Thailand about elephants? So many law. DNA test from government check about is from wild or not. Transport between province. Veteran check a lot. And we not hunt the elephant. Not wild elephant must be trained. I agree some way cruel. Can not return to forest. I agree some shows push the elephant to much. I agree should not ride elephant. But elephant business improve a lot now. Law not allow kill elephant in thailand. UK people critisise a lot. Should look themself behaiviour. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._D._M._Bell He became known as "Karamojo" Bell (sometimes spelt Karamoja) because of his safaris through this remote wilderness area in North Eastern Uganda. Bell shot 1,011 elephants during his career; all of them bulls apart from 28 cows. The monkey is minority of coconut business. -10% Nobody care if UK not buy the monkey coconut. We can sell it to other 194 countrys, is very popular. Thai coconut milk taste the best in the world, because the soil. We can sell the UK lefty the human coconut. No problem. Boris girlfriend can use human coconut to eat with Thai Green Curry Dead Cow, the Galangal Dead Chicken Soup and Penang Dead Pig curry. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/19/448960760/monkeys-pick-coconuts-in-thailand-are-they-abused-or-working-animals While Animal Place says it has not actually visited any coconut plantations allegedly abusing monkeys, Marji Beach, the group's education director, tells The Salt that YouTube videos are evidence enough that the animals are cruelly shackled and forced to work. Schroevers runs the Monkey Training School in Surat Thani, Thailand, a Buddhist-inspired school founded 50 years ago to teach monkeys how to pick coconuts without the use of force or violence. He says Animal Place has it all wrong when it comes to how most monkeys that work on coconut farms are treated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, Yinn said: I think you not have knowledge about the law in Thailand about elephants? So many law. DNA test from government check about is from wild or not. Transport between province. Veteran check a lot. And we not hunt the elephant. Not wild elephant must be trained. I agree some way cruel. Can not return to forest. I agree some shows push the elephant to much. I agree should not ride elephant. But elephant business improve a lot now. Law not allow kill elephant in thailand. UK people critisise a lot. Should look themself behaiviour. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._D._M._Bell He became known as "Karamojo" Bell (sometimes spelt Karamoja) because of his safaris through this remote wilderness area in North Eastern Uganda. Bell shot 1,011 elephants during his career; all of them bulls apart from 28 cows. The monkey is minority of coconut business. -10% Nobody care if UK not buy the monkey coconut. We can sell it to other 194 countrys, is very popular. Thai coconut milk taste the best in the world, because the soil. We can sell the UK lefty the human coconut. No problem. Boris girlfriend can use human coconut to eat with Thai Green Curry Dead Cow, the Galangal Dead Chicken Soup and Penang Dead Pig curry. Word on the street is that the US and Europe are about to follow British retailers and stop stocking or selling Thai coconut products. You'll learn the hard way, as usual. The rest of your post is emotional, inflammatory nonsense, as usual. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Yinn said: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/19/448960760/monkeys-pick-coconuts-in-thailand-are-they-abused-or-working-animals While Animal Place says it has not actually visited any coconut plantations allegedly abusing monkeys, Marji Beach, the group's education director, tells The Salt that YouTube videos are evidence enough that the animals are cruelly shackled and forced to work. Schroevers runs the Monkey Training School in Surat Thani, Thailand, a Buddhist-inspired school founded 50 years ago to teach monkeys how to pick coconuts without the use of force or violence. He says Animal Place has it all wrong when it comes to how most monkeys that work on coconut farms are treated. When will you understand that animal exploitation for profit is wrong? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) Thailand to ban all American made cars! LINE_MOVIE_1594160767447.mp4 Edited July 8, 2020 by ExpatOilWorker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forza2002 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 OP states Thailand’s animal-protection laws are stronger than in other countries. Thailand may have many laws, unfortunately they are rarely enforced, so it's a bit pointless having them, just for show. TIT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestB Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Love the Thai way of dealing with it . Instead of addressing the issue and asking what we should do to lift the ban, they ignoring it because others do it. and if the ban spreads to other EU countries, what you gonna then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Such "news" is insignificant to those whose basic needs for life are in jeopardy. Move on and make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaleboneman Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Why just the other day they were saying monkey work was almost non-existent. When you choose to lie - stick with the lie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpusChristie Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said: When will you understand that animal exploitation for profit is wrong? That is just your opinion , why do you think that its wrong for monkeys to work ? Edited July 8, 2020 by CorpusChristie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 6 hours ago, smedly said: monkeys have many rolls in Thailand some are very powerful But not all seem to be wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Okis Posted July 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) Wow it has been a constant flipflop since this all started. -we dont use monkeys -we use them but they arent abused -we dont use monkeys -Using monkeys is the same as the diary industry using cows -we dont use monkeys, we use sticks -You dont understand Thai way of life, monkeys are treated good on farms and are like pets to us It's almost like you cant trust them Edited July 8, 2020 by Okis 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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