The international animal rights organisation PETA has urged tourists to avoid Sri Lanka’s elephant attractions, including the famous state-run Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage and celebrations of the Buddhist festival of Esala.
Sri Lanka’s rapid increase in tourism has led to a massive rise in the “shameful abuse” of elephants in the country, PETA said,
Elephant “attractions” that chain the animals, use bullhooks, and offer elephant rides often describe themselves as “sanctuaries” or “orphanages” in order to dupe tourists into believing that they’re ethical, PETA said.
“Until tourists stop paying to ride them, elephants will continue to face exploitation and abuse. If you’re visiting Sri Lanka, please refuse to ride elephants, avoid visiting any attraction that offers or endorses elephant rides, and steer clear of festivals in which elephants are paraded. This includes the Pinnawala Elephant “Orphanage”, Dehiwala Zoo, and Kandy Esala Perahera festival.”
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The continued abuse of animals in the UK and especially in foreign countries is down to tourists who turn up and pay to see these poor animals. It is about time that the general public stopped turning a blind eye and definitely stopped going to any event that is using animals. If tourist stopped going to see anything that involves animals the abuse would stop exactly the same as if consumers stopped buying anything wrapped in plastic, the supermarkets etc would have to ban plastic and the world would be able to be healed.
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