Many people who dream of traveling the world have a bucket list, and wildlife experiences are quite often right at the very top. The big problem is ensuring that you aren’t contributing to the widespread abuse of animals in the tourism industry and that you are instead observing animals in an ethical and sustainable way to ensure that travel and tourism has a positive impact on wildlife. Here are the top 10 ethical wildlife activities you can safely add to your bucket list right now.
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Top 10 Ethical Wildlife Experiences For Your Gap Year Bucket List.
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
5 Wildlife Activities You Need To Remove From Your Bucket List Right Now.
Many people who dream of traveling the world have a bucket list. That vague catalogue of things that they dream of accomplishing before they die, but some of the more popular bucket list items often include interacting with wildlife and many of these have dark consequences that most people don’t even think about. Here are the top 10 wildlife activities you should scrap from your bucket list right now.
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
Why Are People Still Visiting Thailand’s Tiger Temple?
Despite all the allegations of abuse, all the evidence of abuse, the temple being repeatedly raided and shut down and reopened, tourists still visit the hell hole of abuse that is Thailand’s Tiger Temple! Why?
Tagged with: Animal conservation, animal exploitation, animal rights when travelling, animal sanctuaries, does wildlife tourism harm animals, how to interact with wildlife on your gap year, illegal wildlife trade, Thailand, tiger, tiger abuse, Tiger Temple, Tiger Temple abuse, Tiger Temple raided, tiger temple selfie, Tiger Temple shut down, wildlife exploitation, wildlife exploitation in tourism
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Posted in Responsible Travel
An Unconscionable Coffee Delicacy. Should Travellers Be Drinking Kopi Luwak?
Kopi Luwak is a gourmet coffee, a delicacy around the world that is made from the fermented coffee beans excreted by an Asian palm civet. Essentially it is poo coffee. But as much as that divides coffee lovers into those who want the ultimate delicacy or those who are too squeamish to drink it, is that the thing coffee lovers should be most disgusted about? Is the fact that Kopi Luwak is unethical, irresponsible and harmful to the animals not more to the point?
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Posted in Responsible Travel
How Travellers Can Make A Difference On World Elephant Day.
August 12 is World Elephant Day, a day designed to bring attention to the plight of the Asian and African elephant and the numerous threats they face, and raise awareness of how close we are to losing these magnificent creatures to extinction forever. Although travel and tourism has the potential to play a huge role in conservation efforts, unfortunately it still also plays a huge role in the negative impact on the elephant population and it is up to us as travellers to make sure that we play our part in having a positive impact instead.
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
Wildlife Tourism Without Wildlife Harm. Is It Possible?
Wildlife tourism is coming under increasing scrutiny in recent years, and rightly so, but is all wildlife tourism bad? Does any attraction involving any animal always harm the animals involved? Or can some wildlife tourism be a positive force for good in the conservation chain? The truth isn’t as black and white as some people are starting to think. If you want to see or interact with wildlife on your travels, follow these simple steps for responsible wildlife tourism.
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Update: It IS Finally The End Of The Tiger Temple. But What Happens To The Tigers Now?
Now that the Tiger Temple in Thailand has finally been raide and shut down, Bemused Backpacker asks what will happen to the tigers now?
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Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
Is This The End Of Thailand’s Tiger Temple?
After years of controversy and countless animal rights campaigners and wildlife protection agencies calling for the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand to be shut down, it appears that the Thai authorities are FINALLY starting to take note with initial reports of the Tiger Temple being raided and the animals impounded.
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