{"id":23524,"date":"2018-01-27T08:12:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T07:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=23524"},"modified":"2018-01-31T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T17:21:38","slug":"marriott-hotel-and-conservation-action-in-dispute-over-wildlife-protection-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2018\/01\/marriott-hotel-and-conservation-action-in-dispute-over-wildlife-protection-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriott in walk with lions dispute in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-featured-image-rec\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a-5.jpg?fit=645%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image alignright\" title=\"Is major SA hotel group continuing lion walks despite promises?\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a-5.jpg\" alt=\"Marriott in walk with lions dispute in South Africa\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">H<\/span>uman-wildlife interactions with iconic big cats including lions, cheetahs and their cubs are seemingly continuing at the Ranch Protea Hotel in Limpopo, owned by Marriott International, despite statements distancing themselves from such activities, claims the Blood Lions Campaign.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The hotel group&#8217;s involvement in the wild animal interaction industry came to light in a recent newsletter from Thompson\u2019s Holidays. In the email, say Blood Lions, the four-star Limpopo Protea Hotel was promoted as an iconic South African destination where guests could \u2018enjoy a thrilling walk with lions\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a query from the Blood Lions Campaign, Thompson\u2019s apologized for the newsletter and removed the wildlife interaction punt from their website. According to Craig Drysdale, Thompsons Africa head of global sales, the group \u201cdoes not support any wildlife interaction that we deem to be unethical in either its purpose or in any way results in cruelty as a side effect. We encourage our customers to consider this when requesting activities in our quotations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson\u2019s Group in June 2016 signed Blood Lion\u2019s global \u2018Born to Live Wild\u2019 pledge, agreeing to distance themselves from all wildlife interaction practices. Blood Lions accepted Thompson\u2019s Group apology but say they have \u201chad to remove the global travel agency\u2019s logo from their \u2018Born to Live Wild\u2019 pledge\u201d until the Protea Hotel stops supporting unethical wildlife interactions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is an extract from an article first published on eturbonews. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eturbonews.com\/175067\/marriott-hotel-conservation-action-dispute-wildlife-protection-south-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Read the full article here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hotel group&#8217;s involvement in the wild animal interaction industry came to light in a recent newsletter from Thompson Holidays<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,1871,534,140],"tags":[576,219],"yoast_head":"<!-- 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