What do Thai officials say about the accusation of using monkey slaves as coconut pickers?

As we all know, Thailand is rich in all kinds of tropical and subtropical fruits due to its unique climatic conditions and geographical location, and the species and quantity of animals and plants are very rich. Coconut is a very important local cash crop in Thailand, and its processed products are exported to all parts of the world. But recently, animal protection organizations? People for Ethical Treatment of Animals accused Thai farmers of forcing monkeys to pick coconuts during agricultural production, and stipulated that each monkey should pick at least 1000 coconuts every day. This behavior of PETA seriously threatens the physical and mental health of animals, and it is an animal cruelty. When the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar, and countries and animal protection organizations accused Thailand of this kind of monkey abuse. Even then, Lumenzi, the wife of British Prime Minister Johnson, publicly called on British supermarkets to ban the sale of coconut products from Thailand. As soon as the appeal was issued, tens of thousands of supermarkets responded and successively removed coconut milk, coconut oil and other products from Thailand, which had a bad impact on Thailand's export trade.

Thai Commerce Minister Zhu Lin responded. Zhu Lin said that the phenomenon of training monkeys to pick coconuts is almost non-existent in Thailand, and the work of picking coconuts has already been done manually. In addition, the video of monkeys picking coconuts circulating on the Internet is only a performance of local people showing monkeys picking coconuts to tourists in tourism activities, which has caused cultural misunderstanding between tourists and people in other countries. He invited ambassadors from all over the world to watch monkeys picking coconuts on the spot to eliminate cultural misunderstandings.

Now all countries in the world pay more attention to animal protection and respect other life forms than human beings. If what Thai farmers do is really a performance, it is understandable. Thailand's Minister of Commerce responded with sincerity, not only explaining the real situation to the public, but also welcoming countries to visit with an open attitude to eliminate misunderstandings. This response has played a very good role in solving the export trade crisis and regaining the trust of other countries.