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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
AAT Kings logo
AAT Kings
Adventure Tours logo
Adventure Tours
Adventure World logo
Adventure World
African Travel logo
African Travel
airbnb logo
airbnb
Albatros Travel logo
Albatros Travel
Alekos Rejser logo
Alekos Rejser
Amazon Emotions logo
Amazon Emotions
Andaman Discoveries logo
Andaman Discoveries
ANVR logo
ANVR
Apollo logo
Apollo
Aroma Nepal Treks and Expedition logo
Aroma Nepal Treks and Expedition
Asiatic Lion Lodge logo
Asiatic Lion Lodge
Asien Paradisresor logo
Asien Paradisresor
A Trails logo
A Trails
Aussie Adventures logo
Aussie Adventures
Avifaunca Naturresor logo
Avifauna Naturresor
Awake Travel logo
Awake Travel
Baboo travel logo
Baboo
Bamba travel logo
Bamba
Bambus Rejser logo
Bambus Rejser
Bangkok Beyond logo
Bangkok Beyond
Blackbuck Safari Lodge logo
Blackbuck Safari Lodge
Booking.com logo
Booking.com
Bravo Tours logo
Bravo Tours
BRDO travel logo
BRDO
Brendan Vacations logo
Brendan Vacations
C & C Travel logo
C&C Travel
Carrousel Travel logo
Carrousel Travel
Compassionate Travels logo
Compassionate Travel
Contiki Travel logo
Contiki
Costsaver logo
Costsaver
Destination America
Destination America
Diverse World Adventures logo
Diverse World Adventures
Down Under Tours logo
Down Under Tours
Dragonpass logo
Dragonpass
Dusit International logo
Dusit International
Earth Changers logo
Earth Changers
Eco Tour Camp logo
Eco Tour Camp
Earthwise Travel logo
Earthwise Travel
Enjoy Travel logo
Enjoy Travel
Estacao Gabiraba logo
Estação Gabiraba
European Travel International logo
European Travel International
Evan Evans logo
Evan Evans
Exemplary Voyages logo
Exemplary Voyages
Exodus Travels logo
Exodus Adventure Travels
Far Away Adventures logo
Far Away Adventures
Ferie Med Formal logo
Ferie med Formål
Fushi Camp travel logo
Fushi Camp
G Adventures logo
G Adventures
Geckos Adventures logo
Geckos Adventures
Global Basecamps logo
Global Basecamps
Globetrotter logo
Globetrotter
Globus logo
Globus
Go See Travel logo
Go See Travel
Gondwana Brasil logo
Gondwana Brasil
Gindwana Ecotours logo
Gondwana Ecotours
Grand European Travel logo
Grand European Travel
Greenleaf travel company logo
Greenleaf Wildlife
Haggis Adventures logo
Haggis Adventures
Haka Educational Tours logo
Haka Educational Tours
Hannibal Travel logo
Hannibal Travel
Headwater logo
Headwater
Helen Bateman Travel logo
Helen Bateman Travel
Highland Explorer Tours logo
Highland Explorer Tours
Hojskolendk logo
HÖJSKOLENDK
Ichhe Dana logo
Ichhe Dana
Indigo Travel logo
Indigo Travel
Insight Vacations logo
Insight Vacations
Inspire Me Travel logo
Inspire Me Travel
Intrepid logo
Intrepid
iyooyoo logo
iyooyoo
Jambo Tours logo
Jambo Tours
JNE Group logo
JNE Group
Joker Travel logo
Joker
Kenzan Tours logo
Kenzan Tours
Ker Downey Africa logo
Ker Downey Africa
Kinalotsen logo
Kinalotsen
Komodo Kayaking travel logo
Komodo Kayaking
Koning Aap travel logo
Koning Aap
Koon Holidays logo
Koon Holidays
Las & Res logo
Läs & Res
Lion World Travel logo
Lion World Travel
Lotus Travel logo
Lotus Travel
Luxury Gold Travel logo
Luxury Gold
Madhuban Eco Retreat logo
Madhuban Resort
Medini Home Stay logo
Medini Home Stay
Miles Tourism logo
Miles Tourism
Minihiker logo
Minihiker Borderless School
MK Tramping logo
MK Tramping
Monkey Business Safaris logo
Monkey Business Safaris
Mountain Cats travel logo
Mountain Cats
MUDA travel logo
MUDA
Nalini travel logo
Nalini Safari & Tours
Natur Resor travel logo
Natur Resor
Navyush travel logo
Navyush
Nazar Nordic travel logo
Nazar Nordic
Northern Holiday travel logo
Northern Holiday
Nourishing Light Nature Education
Nourishing Light Nature Education
Oden Resor travel logo
Oden Resor
PEAK travel logo
PEAK
Peregrine travel logo
Peregrine
Perfectly Planned Journeys travel logo
Perfectly Planned Journeys
Pinks Travels logo
Pinks Travels
Planeterra logo
Planeterra
Premier Travel logo
Premier Travel
Purpose Travel logo
Purpose Travel
relaksmisja travel logo
Relaksmisja
Responsible Travel logo
Responsible Travel
riksja travel logo
Riksja Travel
Rolfs Flyg & Buss travel logo
Rolfs Flyg & Buss
Safari Resor travel logo
Safariresor
Sawadee travel logo
Sawadee
Secret Paradise logo
Secret Paradise Maldives
SEIT travel logo
SEIT
Shamocker Adventures travel logo
Shamrocker Adventures
Shoestring travel logo
Shoestring
Silver Linings travel logo
Silver Linings
SIVA Travel Services logo
SIVA Travel Services
Solresor travel logo
Solresor
SPIES travel logo
SPIES
STC Expeditions logo
STC Expeditions
Sustainable Journeys logo
Sustainable Jouneys
Swed Asia Travel logo
Swed Asia Travel
The Adventure Crowd travel logo
The Adventure Crowd
The Family Adventure Company travel logo
The Familty Adventure Company
The Flapper Life travel logo
The Flapper Life
The Travel Corporation logo
The Travel Corporation
Tjäreborg travel logo
Tjäreborg
Tour Amigo logo
Tour Amigo
Tour Compass travel logo
Tour Compass
Tour for More travel logo
Tour For More
Tourism Cares travel logo
Tourism Cares
Trafalgar travel logo
Trafalgar
Travel2 travel logo
Travel2
Travel 2 U logo
Travel 2 U
Travel Corporation Asia loog
Travel Corporation Asia
Travelombia logo
Travelombia
Travel Phuket logo
Travel Phuket
Traversing Africa logo
Traversing Africa
Tread Right Foundation travel logo
Tread Right Foundation
Tribe Family Adventures logo
Tribe Family Adventures
Tripazzi travel logo
Tripazzi
Trip Deals travel logo
Trip Deals
Tully Luxury Travel logo
Tully Luxury Travel
Turismo de Experiencia EU Pratico logo
Turismo Experiencia EU Pratico
U. travel logo
U.
Uniworld travel logo
Uniworld
Urban Adventures by Intrepid travel logo
Urban Adventures, Intrepid
Varldens Resor travel logo
Världens Resor
Vegan Travel Asia
Vegan Travel Asia
Veggies Abroad logo
Veggies Abroad
Viare travel logo
Viare
Viktors Farmor travel logo
Viktors Farmor
VING travel logo
VING
Viva Traveler
Viva Traveler
Vivejar travel logo
Vivejar
volontarresor travel logo
Volontärresor
Voyage Sauvage travel logo
Voyage Sauvage
We Travel Responsibly logo
We Travel Responsibly
Wicked Adventures travel logo
Wicked Adventures
Wild Nectar travel logo
Wild Nectar
Wild Routes Travel logo
Wild Routes Travel
Wildchina logo
Wildchina
Wilderness Travel logo
Wilderness Travel
Wildlife Expeditions travel logo
Wildlife Expeditions
Wildly Adventures travel logo
Wildly Adventures
Wildness to Ours travel logo
Wildness to Ours
Winberg Travel logo
Winberg Travel
Wolf and Co travel logo
Wolf & Co
Woods at Sasan travel logo
Woods at Sasan
World Challenge travel logo
World Challenge
World Class Adventures logo
World Class Adventures
World Expeditions travel logo
World Expeditions
Yougrown Travel Academy travel logo
Yougrown Travel Academy
Zoom Fotoresor travel logo
Zoom Fotoresor