Trip & Travel
#How You Can Help to End Animal Abuse in the Tourism Industry
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Animal Cruelty Affects Non-Cuddly Animals Too
Just because it isn’t cuddly doesn’t mean it is insensitive to pain. Crocodile farms, bear parks and snake charmers are all ethically horrible places to visit. Even holding a sea turtle can have enormous repercussions. Thousands of sea turtles die due to infection, stress and being dropped on account of these tourist attractions. Snake charmers draw huge crowds to Thailand and India. While it might be more difficult to sympathize with a cobra, the snakes in these acts are often defanged and, as a result, killed in the process.