Actor Peter Egan has narrated undercover video footage that reveals the cruelty at Asian palm civet coffee farms, filmed by a PETA Asia investigator.

The videos of civets, used to make civet coffee which is made from beans of coffee berries that have been eaten and excreted by the creatures, have revealed that the animals are kept in filthy cages, suffer from skin infections, and display neurotic behaviour.

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