For Immediate Release:
March 24, 2023
Contact:
Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382
Austin, Texas – Because Whole Foods is selling coconut milk from Thailand—including through its own 365 brand—even though PETA Asia investigations reveal that monkeys in that country are caged, kept in isolation, chained for life, and trained through fear of punishment to pick coconuts, PETA “monkeys” will launch a new international campaign by dumping wheelbarrows full of humanely picked coconuts outside Whole Foods’ world headquarters in Austin. The action follows PETA’s successful campaign against HelloFresh, which has now confirmed that Thai coconut milk will be out of its meal kit service by this summer.
When: Tuesday, March 28, 12 noon
Where: Outside Whole Foods, 525 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin
Many monkeys used in Thailand’s coconut-picking industry are taken from their natural forest…
