Target, Wegmans and Costco have already stopped selling the brand.
of using chained and caged monkeys in its production, leading to 86,000 e-mails to Walmart from PETA supporters requesting the product be pulled from its stores.Chaokoh brand coconut milk,
for which monkeys are chained, caged, and forced into a lifetime of labor picking coconuts," PETA wrote in a statement. "The company joins over 45,000 stores that have rejected coconut products linked to monkey labor in Thailand." A 2020 audit by a Thailand-based firm said the coconut company didn’t use monkeys in picking coconuts, but PETA said the claim was inaccurate.Fitbit is recalling certain Ionic smartwatches due to a burn hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
"The coconut trade uses social monkeys as chained-up coconut-picking machines, depriving them of any opportunity to eat, play, or spend time with their families," said PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "With one PETA exposé after another confirming cruelty on coconut farms, retailers are dropping Chaokoh left and right. Kudos to Walmart for its kind decision.
According to the animal advocacy organization, the group’s second investigation in 2020 found that monkeys were still being used at many farms, monkey schools were still in operation and coconut-picking competitions that used monkeys were still taking place.said it is now turning its attention to other retailers that still do business with Chaokoh. FOX Business contributed to this story. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
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