{"id":6710,"date":"2015-09-17T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T09:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6710"},"modified":"2015-11-25T00:06:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:06:35","slug":"new-report-reveals-extent-of-elephant-riding-in-southern-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/new-report-reveals-extent-of-elephant-riding-in-southern-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"New report reveals extent of elephant riding in Southern Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-customthumb4 wp-image-6713\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-17-at-10.38.50.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-09-17 at 10.38.50\" width=\"786\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-17-at-10.38.50.png 786w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-17-at-10.38.50-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-17-at-10.38.50-768x476.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/>A new report by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldanimalprotection.us.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">World Animal Protection<\/a> highlights the rise in southern <span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span> of elephant rides and shows, tourist attractions that are already well established in parts of <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>.\u00a0Kate Nustedt, Director of Wildlife at World Animal Protection, says: &#8220;You&#8217;re taking the wild out of <span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span> by breaking the spirit of their elephants so they can be ridden and perform for tourists.\u00a0 People who love animals will be shocked about the cruelty behind the scenes of elephant rides, and they will no longer want to take part.\u00a0 There are many places in southern <span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span> for tourists to see elephants in the wild, and we&#8217;re encouraging people to see them there, not in cruel tourist entertainment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Elephant rides are a popular and lucrative tourist activity, but behind the scenes, the animals are taken from their mothers, their spirits are broken, and they endure cruel and stressful &#8216;training&#8217; to make them tolerate being ridden.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re working with the industry to end cruel wildlife tourism,&#8221; continues Nustedt. &#8220;As a result of our work so far, over 20 travel companies around the world, including TUI Nederland, Intrepid Travel, Apollo, Albatros Travel and World Expeditions, have stopped offering and promoting elephant rides or shows to their customers. We&#8217;re calling on all operators to do the same \u2013 and to show their commitment to this by signing the World Animal Protection Elephant-friendly Tourism Pledge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>The first tourist elephant rides at parks in <span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span> started in the late 1990s and began spreading throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">South Africa<\/span> in 2001.\u00a0Most commercial elephant parks are in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Africa<\/span>, where at least 144 captive elephants are held in at least 28 different venues.\u00a0A further 47 elephants are held in seven elephant parks across <span class=\"xn-location\">Zimbabwe<\/span>, 13 in two venues in <span class=\"xn-location\">Zambia<\/span>, and 11 in two venues in<span class=\"xn-location\">Botswana<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>24 young elephants were recently sold and exported by the Zimbabwean government to Chimelong Safari Park in China[ii]. They will suffer a life of abuse performing in shows and giving rides.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldanimalprotection.us.org\/sites\/default\/files\/us_files\/elephant_ride_report_a4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">free report Breaking Africa&#8217;s Elephants<\/a><\/li>\n<li>World Animal Protection is building a global movement to put wildlife protection on the agenda and reduce the tourist demand for cruel animal entertainment attractions. Find out more here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldanimalprotection.us.org\/wildlife-not-entertainers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.worldanimalprotection.us.org\/wildlife-not-entertainers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoveTheWorldUS\" target=\"_blank\">World Animal Protection on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn more about the issues by reading &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nspca.co.za\/clientdata\/10072\/uploads\/pdfs\/welfare%20of%20elephants%20in%20captivity%20in%20south%20africa%20jun%202015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The welfare status of elephants in captivity in South Africa<\/a>&#8216;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report by World Animal Protection highlights rise in southern Africa of elephant rides and shows, tourist attractions already well established in 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