Animal Tourism is Animal Abuse
Elephants rides are a lucrative business in Asia with little regard for the welfare of the animals. Social media is currently inundated with fury over wildlife tourist attractions – the latest being the elephants sat on elephants, or in other words, the tourists sat on baby elephants which are completely ill-equipped to saddle their weight. These goons grin foolishly - with no regard for the welfare of the elephants - as they stand in the surf. When is close too close? The surest way to assess if the situation is ethical on the animal is to think long and hard about how far out of their natural environment the animal is for your entertainment. Then look at how they are being treated by those selling you time with them. Consider the following as being abusive: · the animal is in a pen · the animal is on a lead · the animal is tied to another object · the animal is languishing in water · the animal is b