the coconut trade’s cruel secret

July 2, 2023

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A farmer leads Tong, a macaque he bought from a ‘training centre’, through the Ko Samui jungle in 2022

At less than a year old, this macaque is drilled in how to twist a coconut at a centre in Surat Thani province

In Nakhon Si Thammarat province the monkey-picked fruit is counted and the husks removed before it is sold

A macaque rides a tricycle to entertain tourists at a monkey centre on Ko Samui. Its sharp teeth have been removed

A macaque connected to its handler by a 40-metre rope searches for ripe coconuts on Ko Samui

A macaque chained to a truckful of coconuts he and one other helped to collect in the Surat Thani region

A worker collects…