TripAdvisor , the human race ’s largest online vena portae for travel review , has announced that it will cease selling tickets to cruel wildlife attractions in which tourists make out into unmediated contact with brute . This includes the likes ofelephantrides and tiger temples , both of which are popular throughout Southeast Asia , as well as other attractions where visitors are able-bodied to swim with dolphins .
The move comes as a effect of growing international pressure for the internet site to start taking more responsibleness for the preservation implications of its booking policy . For example , anonline petitionlaunched by World Animal Protection calling on TripAdvisor to stop sell tickets to certain attractions recently gained hundreds of thousands of signature .
National Geographicalso took up the fight by bring forth a act of report into how some of the travel experience deal by TripAdvisor ’s booking ship’s company Viator were promoting animal cruelty .
Tiger temple , for instance , have been criticize for the way that animals are on a regular basis sedated for make them more docile while being forced to baffle for exposure with visitor , while elephants used for rides are often put through a brutal training program , in which they are beaten and kept in insufferable living conditions .
likewise , captive dolphins are deny a fulfil life , and have neither the blank space nor the resources to hunt or socialise .
As well as halting ticket sales to these attractions , TripAdvisor is to launch a new portal to prepare tourists about beast welfare and conservation . presently under development , the on-line resource is being created in collaboration with the like of Global Wildlife Conservation , Asian Elephant Support and Think Elephants International , World Animal Protection , and Oxford University ’s WildCRU .
“ TripAdvisor ’s new reservation policy and education exertion is designed as a agency to do our part in helping improve the wellness and rubber standard of animals , especially in markets with special regulatory protections , ” said TripAdvisor president and CEO Stephen Kaufer in astatement .
However , some have criticized the company for not going far enough , as it will proceed to grant these attractions to be list , tell on , and survey on its site .
