TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website, will stop selling tickets to attractions featuring physical contact with captive, endangered or wild animals. The policy will cover events such as swimming with dolphins, petting tigers and riding elephants. Attractions allowing physical contact with animals will continue to be listed on the site, but an education portal providing information about animal welfare will be introduced. TripAdvisor has refused to name specific companies, but estimates suggests 29 of firms could be affected. Student travel company STA Travel and adventure business Intrepid both banned elephant rides in 2014. STA has also banned SeaWorld.
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website, will stop selling tickets to attractions featuring physical contact with captive, endangered or wild animals. The policy will cover events such as swimming with dolphins, petting tigers and riding elephants. Attractions allowing physical contact with animals will continue to be listed on the site, but an education portal providing information about animal welfare will be introduced. TripAdvisor has refused to name specific companies, but estimates suggests hundreds of firms could be affected. Student travel company STA Travel and adventure business Intrepid both banned elephant rides in 2014. STA has also banned SeaWorld.