(To date, more than 5,500 travelers have booked this Experience). You help socialize them, get them exercise, and hopefully help them get adopted,” says Freeman. and you help get these dogs who have just been rescued and given surgeries. “We saw a strong response to this one called ‘ Hike Runyon Canyon with a Rescue Dog.’ You go out to Runyon Canyon in L.A. While many of the main concerns mentioned by Soltanpanah when it comes to animal welfare and travel centered on things like captive marine life and elephant sanctuaries, the kickstart for the project that now spans more than 1,000 Experiences actually came from the success of more, well, homegrown animal experiences already on Airbnb’s site. Inside the urban beekeeping Experience in Hamilton, Canada. “What we want people to understand is that you can participate with wildlife without interacting with them personally and still enjoy your experience.” I think that what they just don't realize is that behind the scenes, there's this cruelty going on,” says Alesia Soltanpanah, World Animal Protection US's executive director. “The people that actually go to these attractions are animal lovers. Once approved, they’ll feature a World Animal Protection badge and a link to the full animal welfare policy and additional materials so travelers booking will feel confident about the safety of the tour they’re booking. There’s additional restrictions on working animals, like horses, camels, and sledding dogs and a slew of completely prohibited animal interactions, like bathing elephants, taking selfies with big cats, and swimming with captive dolphins.Īll animal-related experiences on the site will have to comply with the new guidelines to be listed. In any case where an animal is in captivity, said animal would have to have sufficient space, company of their own kind, freedom from fear or distress, and plenty of food and water, among other things. None will include contact with wild animals, including but not limited to petting, feeding, or riding. Now, all tours featuring animals will have to meet a certain set of guidelines created by the World Animal Protection.
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