This will be quite shocking for vegans who have chosen to be vegan for compassionate reasons.
Monkeys are bullied, abused and used as slave labour to harvest coconuts, the oil of which is used in many 'vegan' food and beauty products worldwide. Coconut oil is considered to be a very healthy option. But unless the coconuts are ethically sourced, they involve animal cruelty.
http://allamericanvegan.com/2015/02/...-your-coconut/
This is a very informative short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qJc8loYQac
A list of companies in the USA who state that they do not use animal slave labour/cruelly treated monkeys to harvest the coconuts used in their products:
http://allamericanvegan.com/2015/02/...-your-coconut/
And one for the UK:
http://www.eatplantsnotanimals.com/a...ed-by-monkeys/