Foreign diplomats invited to see coconuts being picked by monkeys

[cornishcarlos]

They do not need to leave their own embassies to watch monkeys working...

[Barry343]

6 hours ago, CLS said:

Do the monkeys get at least the minimum wage?

Their owners do and the monkey's are looked after better than the owners family.

 

 

[overherebc]

Please inform PETA I'll no longer let my GSD bark at strangers at my gate. He can sit and watch tele' and I'll go out and bark at them myself.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, CLS said:

Do the monkeys get at least the minimum wage?

Just the usual peanuts like all the immigrant labour

[smedly]

do the monkeys have names

[worgeordie]

The coconut monkeys are be better off than their wild brothers,

3 square meals a day,and a job.....lots of poor humans don't even

have that.

regards worgeordie

[Grumpy one]

At least the monkeys can do the job without falling out of the trees 

Now replace them with Thai or Myanmar workers, how many fall due to alcohol or drugs

The hospital system would collapse

Come on PETA wake up in the real world

 

[seajae]

have a friend that trains them, they are very well taken care of and rewarded well for doing their job, there is nothing cruel about it. Peta are well known for their BS and what they say, thet are too eager to kill peoples pets when they get the chance too, their BS about sheep a few years ago was all fabricated by them as are most of what they say, peta are just as bad as antifa. Admittedly there may be a few bad owners that are not good with their monkeys but the far greater majority treat them exceptionally well, never seen chains on them either, its usually a neck ring and a rope, again we see businesses cow tailing to a rabid group same as they did with the blm BS, they are pathetic

 

[Misterwhisper]

5 hours ago, Paiman said:

They might get promoted to factory jobs, set up unions and finally a government.

Hmmm, somehow I have the feeling that Thailand actually might not be any worse off when compared to who's in charge at the moment.

[smedly]

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

A diplomat's assistant to her boss: what on today sir? well, yes.. clear all my appointments for today, i have been invited to see monkeys at work, i'll bring you a monkey harvested coconut as a souvenir...

Government house first then the monkeys - welcome to Thailands economic powerhouse - monkeys at work

[natway09]

Meanwhile in Labs all around the world they inject monkeys for "lab trials" of all sorts of

horrible diseases, eye drops, creams & lotions all in the name of helping us (the human) avoid 

possible bad reactions.

Having seen these monkeys at work, the whole discussion is a joke & to me equates to throwing a stick for a dog to fetch. They love the work & thrive on the interplay with their masters

[KKr]

These do-gooders are such hypocrites !

raise cattle, horses, sheep and donkeys, goats for exploitation and absolutely inefficient food production with a huge ecological footprint is apparently acceptable, locking birds in cages to hear them singing, exploit cats and dogs locked up in houses, all fine. 
but some monkeys doing what they enjoy is cruel .

 

go home and do your homework before creating clickbait and some revenue on the back of monkeys that are having a great time !!

[Justgrazing]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

He said he has instructed commercial attachés at Thai embassies abroad to clarify the matter, especially with supermarkets that sell coconut products from Thailand

Geeza's missing the point .. it's seen as animal exploitation whether the monkeys like doing it or not and now animal welfare groups like PETA and Boris's bird are on the case it won't go away with pressure going on the retailers of products associated with it .. 

It would create a far more positive image abroad to say they will stop the practice .. trying to justify it will have the negative .. 

[Burma Bill]

[bluesofa]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Commerce Permanent Secretary Mr. Boonyarith Kalayanamit says that he wants to show that using monkeys to harvest coconuts is a traditional way of life and the practice does not amount to torture.

 

I did see the Peta video of monkeys being chained up:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBwBjo07fxw

I'd have thought the way forward would be to work out how to educate the owners, refuse to buy their coconuts or prosecute them.

 

I suppose if coconut collection has to move to humans climbing trees that will be OK until another group says it's too dangerous due to the disproportionate number of accidents and human deaths.

 

As someone suggested earlier, will we have to stop using sheepdogs? Just have assume at the sheepdog trials the owners will be found guilty.

 

Next, we'll have to stop milking cows and stealing chickens eggs.

[fredwiggy]

55 minutes ago, KKr said:

These do-gooders are such hypocrites !

raise cattle, horses, sheep and donkeys, goats for exploitation and absolutely inefficient food production with a huge ecological footprint is apparently acceptable, locking birds in cages to hear them singing, exploit cats and dogs locked up in houses, all fine. 
but some monkeys doing what they enjoy is cruel .

 

go home and do your homework before creating clickbait and some revenue on the back of monkeys that are having a great time !!

Cattle, sheep and goats aren't domestic animals. They're here for us to eat.Inefficient food production? Maybe. But tell that to the meat eaters who like steak.  Horses and donkeys can be trained to help us, without hurting them in any way. Abuse of them doesn't count. Cats and dogs are better when people own them, as long as they aren't abused and neglected, and are fixed. Left outside to breed and they will cause problems. Birds in cages are not right. If you have a large bird, it should be left to roam in the house, not caged and taught to say Polly want a cracker. Monkeys are wild animals. Sure, you can domesticate any animals, but some aren't meant to be pets. caged, chained and taught to work because they can't or are afraid to climb trees? Wrong. Exploitation and cruel.

[Justgrazing]

11 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

stop using sheepdogs

Shep learned to do show pony dressage after being told he couldn't run around a field chasing sheep anymore .. 

 

[bluesofa]

27 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Shep learned to do show pony dressage after being told he couldn't run around a field chasing sheep anymore ..

Get down Shep!

Remember the elephant. It mistreated everyone in sight, Peta would have loved it:

 

[Humpy]

 

' MLM '... MONKEY LIVES MATTER !!

[SunsetT]

9 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Just the headline alone is like a Monty Python sketch!!!!

 

Seriously, I hope the monkeys have work permits!

...and wear masks!

[Wavel]

It's not what they do that's bad, It's where, how & by whom they are kept. This is a complete paradox, where you really do have to talk to the monkey, instead of the organ grinder. 555 TIT.

 

[DrTuner]

Monkey business, everyday life in the Magical Kingdom of Eternal Grins.

[Cake Monster]

The Thai Commerce Ministry warmly extends an invitation to you for ~Monkey picking Coconut~ demonstration.

R.S.V.P. The Nut House by Saturday 

[Baerboxer]

Monkey Lives Matter!

 

White Western oppressive so called animal welfare groups want to force these poor Monkeys out of their legitimate occupations. 

 

Stand up for Monkeys! Take a knee for Monkeys and their right to work to earn an honest living. 

 

I expect Lewis Hamilton  and various football "stars" to produce videos supporting Monkey rights and denouncing how these white groups interfering are incapable of understanding how the Monkey's really feel.

 

 

 

[Sydebolle]

Wondering if those diplomats are allowed to freely converse with the monkeys; some of those excellencies might have learnt Monkish during tenures in Africa .....

Instead of just shutting their big mouth, no, get the diplomatic corps in corpere; assume airlifted to Samui and back with an official dinner by the Ministry of Fair Monkey Business and a coconut souvenir to take home. 

[elliss]

17 hours ago, CLS said:

Do the monkeys get at least the minimum wage?

 

       Aliens would be idea for the job , sadly work permits  required ..

         However that said , overstayers  beware ..

        

[Stadtler]

The term Monkey is racist.

[CorpusChristie]

2 minutes ago, Stadtler said:

The term Monkey is racist.

Not when referring to monkeys it isnt 

[Stadtler]

5 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

Not when referring to monkeys it isnt 

Especially when referring to them.  We do not refer to monkeys as monkeys anymore.

 

"He's just monkeying around with it." The term has become degrading and racist.

[CorpusChristie]

1 minute ago, Stadtler said:

Especially when referring to them.  We do not refer to monkeys as monkeys anymore.

 

"He's just monkeying around with it." The term has become degrading and racist.

What do we call monkeys these days ?