Many of us travel overseas on holiday. As a tourist, your money may support people and businesses that profit from an animal suffering, pain and death, sometimes without you even knowing about it.
Many common practices seen at holiday destinations such as the use of animals as "photo props" or the use of animals in shows. This involves immense suffering for the animals involved. Most of the baby animals seen being paraded on the streets for tourists to take their photo with have been taken from the wild, their mothers or sometimes their whole family being killed in the process. Many of the animals used in animal shows are mistreated, endure cruel training methods, and are kept in small cages or chained up when not performing.
So if you want to learn how to help animals while having an awesome holiday,
drop by the Infobus today, 21 June, from 1600 to 1800h, as ACRES explores some of the ways that animals are exploited for the tourism industry and how you can make sure that your activities whilst on holiday do not have a negative impact on animals.
