A STAGGERING 550,000 wild animals
are suffering to put smiles on the faces of globetrotters.
PUBLISHED: 15:17, Wed, Feb
3, 2016 | UPDATED: 15:48, Wed, Feb 3, 2016
Three out of four wildlife
tourist attractions are causing either some form of animal abuse or creating
conservation concerns to entertain 110 million travelers a year, warns a new
study.
Animals being taken from their
mothers as well as being beaten to give rides, perform tricks or provide
selfies are among the abuses highlighted in the shocking new report from World
Animal Protection as it lists the ten “cruelest wildlife entertainment
activities” across the world.
Elephant rides, tiger selfies and
walking with lions top the table which has been released in a week that has
seen a British trekker tragically killed during an animal ride in
Thailand.
Gareth Crowe, 36, from
Renfrewshire, was gored by van elephant which is reportedly being put back to
work as a tourist ride after a short break.
World Animal Protection drew up
the following list of attractions from evidence gathered in the first ever
global research into the scale of welfare and conservation of wildlife tourism
conducted by the University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
(WildCRU).
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