Pressure is mounting on UK travel companies to immediately halt the promotion for overseas tourist venues that cause animal suffering. Tour giants that profit from unethical elephant tourism have ignored concerns about animal welfare, according to campaigners. But growing public outrage may force companies into action as some 84 percent of British people want to […]
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Stabbed, chained, tortured: Horrific truth about elephant tourism UK travellers help fund
Standing in the burning heat, jabbed with metal hooks, with chains cutting into their flesh – this is the cruel reality behind elephant tourism in Thailand. And tourists from Britain unwittingly play a part in their torment. There are more than 200 unethical elephant venues in Thailand where visitors demand selfies with these majestic animals […]
Push for Ban on Advertising Unethical Elephant Tourism in the UK Gains Momentum
UK-based campaign group Save the Asian Elephants (STAE) is pushing for a ban on advertising in the country of unethical elephant tourism venues. Its campaigning hit a milestone in early 2020, with a petition on the issue surpassing a million signatures. STAE’s founder Duncan McNair says it is “the largest petition in history for the […]