A man was filmed walking alongside a tiger while holding its chain at the Tiger Kingdom in Phuket, Thailand, before it ...

A new undercover investigation of Thailand’s zoos shows abuse of tigers for tourist selfies is still “rampant”, a charity has said.. While concerns about the treatment of big cats in the ...

But there is little impetus to enact more stringent rules that would cut into the Thai tourism industry, which welcomed more than 38 million visitors this year. A committee of several animal welfare ...

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In February, overall tourist arrivals in Thailand were down by 44 percent compared with a year earlier. Tourism has plunged even further in March with new limits on travel and activity. Tourism is ...

Thailand's animal tourism fuels the illicit trade, said Steve Galster, executive director of Freeland, a Bangkok-based group fighting human and wildlife trafficking.

Travel for Wildlife zoologist Cristina Garcia said that the demand to ride elephants by tourists visiting Thailand underlies systematic abuse of the animals. The price of a young elephant has ...

A 22-year-old Spanish tourist was gored to death while visiting an elephant park in Thailand. Blanca Ojanguren García, a university student who was on the island of Yao Yai, was bathing the ...

Interacting with the animals is one of the country’s major tourism draws, and a new organization is trying to make it more humane. By Donald Frazier More than half of Thailand’s 7,000 ...

In Thailand, it’s very easy to encounter an elephant. Some sites allow quiet observation, as you admire the massive animals from afar. Other tourist venues offer activities like feeding, riding ...

Tourist killed, gored by elephant's tusk at Thailand sanctuary while bathing animal: Reports A November 2024 post from Koh Yao Elephant Care advertised private elephant care programs that include ...

Separated from their mothers, jabbed with metal hooks, and sometimes deprived of food -- many Thai elephants are tamed by force before being sold to lucrative tourism sites increasingly advertised ...