Monkeys

Is your supply chain monkey-free? This may sound like a joke, but it’s a serious question, at least for coconut farmers, where the exploitation of monkeys to retrieve the fruit is still commonplace. To tackle the issue, Thailand-based Theppadungporn Coconut Company has created the first audit scheme specifically designed to uncover monkey labor. This may seem like a very niche problem in a niche market, but it is a flag of more widespread and more serious animal abuse. Every year, up to 50,000 monkeys – mainly macaques and marmosets – are still used in research and testing human medicines and vaccines.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 5. Buy on Lulu ↗