Elephant trekking, elephant riding and other forms of exploitative elephant tourism is now rightly considered unethical and irresponsible. But what effect have a decade of boycotts and change had on the travel industry and what comes next for elephant tourism?
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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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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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The Elephant In The Room: Why You Shouldn’t Go On An Elephant Trek In Thailand.
Elephant trekking is a popular tourist activity in Thailand, one of the more popular ‘bucket list’ activities in the gap year industry in fact, but there are many reasons why riding an elephant is irresponsible and wrong, and why you should scratch riding an elephant off that list immediately.
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