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Wildlife-friendly pledge

Travel & tourism

The future of tourism is wildlife-friendly

Discover travel companies all over the world boldly committing to move away from selling and promoting cruel wildlife entertainment.

What is wildlife entertainment?

Wildlife entertainment includes keeping or using wild animals for activities that:

  • risk portraying or trivialising them as pets, novelty objects, comedians, or domesticated species,
  • encourage animals to perform behaviours that are either unnatural, unnecessary, or harmful,
  • may risk replication of similar activities in harmful ways in other places,
  • involve settings or procedures that may be considered stressful or harmful to all or individual animals,
  • expose visitors or handlers to unnecessary risks of injury or disease,
  • are commerce-driven beyond sustaining maintenance of the animals at facilities striving to phase-out captive wild animal keeping.

These companies have made a commitment

A commitment to move away from selling and promoting activities that use captive wild animals as entertainment such as riding or bathing elephants, taking a tiger selfie, walking with lions, or swimming with dolphins.

By working with World Animal Protection they are helping transition the travel industry towards a wildlife-friendly future.

World Animal Protection recognises that change can’t always happen overnight, but will hold companies to account if they are not fulfilling their commitments to phase out cruel wildlife entertainment.

If you travel with any of these companies and you were offered (at your own expense) wildlife entertainment activities, please make your complaint to the travel company directly, and report this to us via tourism@worldanimalprotection.org.

Each one of these companies:

  • Believes tourism can be a force for good and can help keep wildlife wild. As a responsible travel company, we recognise the links between wildlife protection, human health, and a responsible and resilient travel industry.
  • Understands the link between pandemics, like COVID-19, and wild animal exploitation, and that the relationship between tourism and wildlife needs to change for the good of people, world economies and animals.
  • Recognises that building back the travel industry more resilient and more responsibly is vital. As we face unprecedented challenges and routes to recovery due to COVID-19, we want to be part of the solution for our business, our communities and for travellers.
  • Understands that tourists love animals and want to experience them on holidays but are not aware that across the world hundreds of thousands of wild animals are held in captivity and subjected to mental and physical suffering and exploitation for experiences such as elephant rides, tiger selfies, walking with lions or swimming with dolphins.

As wildlife friendly, they pledge to:

  • Review our product offers to determine if we are supplying anything where wild animals are being used anywhere primarily for entertainment.
  • Create a time-bound plan to help protect wild animals by influencing significant changes in supplier practices and/or phasing-out wildlife entertainment from our promotions and offers.
  • Adopt an animal welfare policy for our business and share this policy with customers and staff.
  • Provide our customers, if possible, with responsible wildlife offers where animals in the wild, at genuine sanctuaries or wildlife-friendly settings have the freedom and ability to exhibit a wide range of natural behaviours and tourists can observe them from a safe and respectful distance.
  • Promote responsible tourism amongst our customers to enable them to be wildlife-friendly travellers and advocates.

 

This list is not exhaustive and is regularly updated. Contact us at tourism@worldanimalprotection.org if you know, or are, a travel company that does not sell or promote wildlife entertainment; we would love to work with you and add you to our list of wildlife-friendly travel companies.

Take the wildlife-friendly pledge today

 

Below you will find the list of Travel Companies that adhere to the Wildlife-Friendly Pledge

Click the logos to visit their websites.

54travelercom logo
54traveler.com
AAT Kings logo
aatkings.com
Adventure Tours logo
adventuretours.travel
Adventure World logo
adventureworld.com
African Travel logo
africantravelinc.com
airbnb logo
airbnb.com
Albatros Travel logo
albatros-travel.com
Amazon Emotions logo
amazonemotions.com
Andaman Discoveries logo
andamandiscoveries.com
ANVR logo
anvr.nl
Apollo logo
apollo.se
Aroma Nepal Treks and Expedition logo
aromatrekking.com
Asiatic Lion Lodge logo
asiaticlionlodge.com
Asien Paradisresor logo
asienparadisresor.com
A Trails logo
atrails.cn
Aussie Adventures logo
Aussie Adventures
Avifaunca Naturresor logo
avifauna.se
Awake Travel logo
awake.travel
Baboo travel logo
baboo.travel
Bamba travel logo
bambatravel.com
Bambus Rejser logo
bambusrejser.dk
Bangkok Beyond logo
bangkokbeyond.com
Blackbuck Safari Lodge logo
blackbucksafarilodge.com
Booking.com logo
booking.com
BRDO travel logo
braziliando.com
Brendan Vacations logo
brendanvacations.com
C & C Travel logo
cctravel.dk
Carrousel Travel logo
carrouseltravel.com
Compassionate Travels logo
compassionatetravels.com
Contiki Travel logo
contiki.com
Costsaver logo
costsavertour.com
Destination America
destamer.com
Diverse World Adventures logo
diversechina.com
Down Under Tours logo
downundertours.com
Dragonpass logo
dragonpass.com
Dusit International logo
dusit-international.com
Earth Changers logo
earth-changers.com
Eco Tour Camp logo
Eco Tour Camp
Earthwise Travel logo
earthwisetravel.co.uk
Enjoy Travel logo
enjoytravel.se
Estacao Gabiraba logo
estacaogabiraba.com.br
European Travel International logo
europeantravelintl.net
Evan Evans logo
evanevanstours.com
Exemplary Voyages logo
exemplaryvoyages.com
Exodus Travels logo
exodus.co.uk
Far Away Adventures logo
farawayadventures.com
G Adventures logo
gadventures.com
Geckos Adventures logo
intrepidtravel.com/geckos-adventures
Global Basecamps logo
globalbasecamps.com
Globetrotter logo
globetrotter.se
Globus logo
globusjourneys.com
Go See Travel logo
goseetravel.net
Gondwana Brasil logo
gondwanabrasil.com.br
Gindwana Ecotours logo
gondwanaecotours.com
Grand European Travel logo
getours.com
Haggis Adventures logo
haggisadventures.com
Haka Educational Tours logo
haggisadventures.com
Hannibal Travel logo
hannibal.dk
Headwater logo
headwater.com
Helen Bateman Travel logo
travelcounsellors.co.uk/helen.bateman/
Highland Explorer Tours logo
highlandexplorertours.com
Højskolen Baobab logo
baobab.dk
Hojskolendk logo
hojskolendk.dk
Ichhe Dana logo
Ichhe Dana
Indigo Travel logo
indigotravel.se
Insight Vacations logo
insightvacations.com
Inspire Me Travel logo
inspire-me.travel
Intrepid logo
intrepidtravel.com
Inverted America logo
invertedamerica.com
iyooyoo logo
iyooyoo.cn
Jambo Tours logo
jambotours.se
JNE Group logo
qyer.com
Joker Travel logo
joker.be
Kenzan Tours logo
kenzantours.se
Ker Downey Africa logo
ker-downeyafrica.com
Kinalotsen logo
Kinalotsen
Koning Aap travel logo
koningaap.nl
Koon Holidays logo
koonholidays.com
Las & Res logo
lasochres.se
Lion World Travel logo
lionworldtravel.com
Lotus Travel logo
lotustravel.se
Luxury Gold Travel logo
luxurygold.com
Medini Home Stay logo
medini home stay
Miles Tourism logo
milestourism.com
Minihiker logo
Minihiker Borderless School
MK Tramping logo
mktramping.pl
Mountain Cats travel logo
Mountain Cats
MUDA travel logo
coletivomuda.tur.br
Nalini travel logo
nalinitours.com
Natur Resor travel logo
naturresor.com
Navyush travel logo
navyush.com
Nazar Nordic travel logo
nazar.eu
Northern Holiday travel logo
bfjr.com
Nourishing Light Nature Education
Nourishing Light Nature Education
Oden Resor travel logo
odenresor.se
PEAK travel logo
intrepiddmc.com
Peregrine travel logo
peregrineadventures.com
Perfectly Planned Journeys travel logo
perfectlyplannedjourneys.com
Pinks Travels logo
pinkstravels.com
Purpose Travel logo
purposetravel.co.uk
relaksmisja travel logo
relaksmisja.com
Responsible Travel logo
responsibletravel.com
riksja travel logo
riksjatravel.nl
Rolfs Flyg & Buss travel logo
rolfsbuss.se
Safari Resor travel logo
safariresor.se
Sawadee travel logo
sawadee.nl
Secret Paradise logo
secretparadise.mv
SEIT travel logo
seittours.com
Shamocker Adventures travel logo
shamrockeradventures.com
Shoestring travel logo
shoestring.nl
Silver Linings travel logo
Silver Linings
SIVA Travel Services logo
siva.travel
Solresor travel logo
solresor.se
SPIES travel logo
spies.dk
Sustainable Journeys logo
sustainablejourneys.co.uk
Swed Asia Travel logo
swedasia.com
The Adventure Crowd travel logo
theadventurecrowd.se
The Family Adventure Company travel logo
intrepidtravel.com/family-adventure-company
The Flapper Life travel logo
theflapperlife.com
The Travel Corporation logo
ttc.com
Tjäreborg travel logo
tjareborg.fi
Tour Compass travel logo
Tour Compass
Tour for More travel logo
Tour For More
Tourism Cares travel logo
tourismcares.org
Trafalgar travel logo
trafalgar.com
Travel2 travel logo
Travel2
Travel 2 U logo
travel2u.co.nz
Travel Corporation Asia loog
ttc.com/tca
Travelombia logo
travelombia.com
Travel Phuket logo
tmttravelphuket.com
Traversing Africa logo
traversingafrica.com
Tread Right Foundation travel logo
treadright.org
Tribe Family Adventures logo
tribefamilyadventures.co.uk
Tripazzi travel logo
tripazzi.com
Trip Deals travel logo
tripdeals.co.in
Tully Luxury Travel logo
tullyluxurytravel.com
Turismo Consciente travel logo
Turismo Consciente
Turismo de Experiencia EU Pratico logo
turismodeexperiencia.com.br
Uniworld travel logo
uniworld.com
Urban Adventures by Intrepid travel logo
urbanadventures.com
Varldens Resor travel logo
varldensresor.se
Vegan Travel Asia
vegantravelasia.com
Viare travel logo
viaretravel.com
Viktors Farmor travel logo
viktorsfarmor.dk/csr-og-baeredygtighed
VING travel logo
ving.se
Viva Traveler
vivatraveler.com
Vivejar travel logo
vivejar.com.br
volontarresor travel logo
volontarresor.se
Voyage Sauvage travel logo
voyage-sauvage.fr
We Travel Responsibly logo
wetravel.dk
Wildchina logo
wildchina.com
Wilderness Travel logo
wildernesstravel.com
Wildlife Expeditions travel logo
wildlife expeditions india
Wildly Adventures travel logo
wildlyadventures.com
Wildness to Ours travel logo
Wildness to Ours
Winberg Travel logo
winbergtravel.se
Wolf and Co travel logo
Wolf & Co
Woods at Sasan travel logo
woodsatsasan.com
World Challenge travel logo
weareworldchallenge.com
World Expeditions travel logo
worldexpeditions.com
Yougrown Travel Academy travel logo
Yougrown Travel Academy
Zoom Fotoresor travel logo
zoomfotoresor.se