Guys! As many as 550,000 animals are suffering in wildlife tourism worldwide. Many are in captive situations and forced to perform tricks, give people rides, or be handled for selfies.

This is an area where we actually can make a big impact as an individual consumer by simply choosing not to support those activities.

You’ll learn how to identify cruel wildlife tourism and what to do instead with Melissa Matlow of World Animal Protection in my interview today.

We cover:

• When is Wildlife Tourism Cruel?
• Travel Companies Who Are Helping
• Elephant Rides
• Swim with Dolphins
• Global Ecotourism Councils
• Canadian Laws for Wildlife in Tourism
• Seeing Animals in the Wild
• Seeing Wildlife with Children
• Future of Wildlife in Tourism
• How to Avoid Burnout

I hope you’ll check it out! And please share with friends in the tourism industry. They can reach out to Melissa to partner and become Wildlife Friendly companies easily!

Thank you!!

SHOW NOTES & FOLLOW UP LINKS:

https://ForAnimalsForEarth.com/show/82

FOLLOW MELISSA:

https://www.instagram.com/Worldanimalprotectioncanada

Dr. Lori Marino is famous for her work on sentience in animals. She's a neuroscientist, an expert in animal behavior, and an incredible advocate.

She’s been featured in films like Blackfish, Unlocking the Cage, and Long Gone Wild, talking about sentience in animals.

She’s on the team building The Whale Sanctuary Project – an alternative for whales who have only known captivity and will have the chance to live in nature.

Lori is the Founder & Executive Director of The Kimmela Center for Scholarship-based Animal Advocacy. This group focuses on bringing science to animal law. Lori sits on the edge of combining animal welfare and science by studying sentience in animals and has published over 140 papers!

Personally, I think the work that Lori does studying sentience in animals is some of the coolest work in the world. By using science, data, and controlled tests, she’s leading the way for us to better understand what animals are REALLY thinking and feeling.

SHOW NOTES:

https://ForAnimalsForEarth.com/show/81

CONTACT LORI:

MarinoLori@outlook.com

CONTACT YOUR CONGRESS PEOPLE:

https://secure.everyaction.com/siREbzv8bkeEDSA1XgTN7w2

The Fair & Fowl Ranking Report is produced by @TheHumaneLeague and @openwingalliance . About 100 animal welfare organizations come together to influence brands to only source cage-free eggs. Once the pledges are made, the groups follow up to ensure that the brands are working toward their goals.

In the Fair & Fowl Ranking Report, they rank brands who are transparent and reporting their progress with a favorable “good egg” rating. They rank brands who are not reporting and ignore their outreach efforts with a “bad egg” rating. The Fair & Fowl Ranking Report for the Global Travel Industry was recently released.

Brooke Fane, Global Corporate Campaigns Coordinator for The Humane League, joined me in episode 80 to discuss the Fair & Fowl Ranking Report. We chatted about the various rankings and which travel brands are doing well or leaving something to be desired in their reporting.

We also talked about the Humane Hospitality Campaign which was so successful that the three companies who made changes from the campaign should ultimately impact 861,000 hens annually. That’s 861,000 less animals suffering while trapped in cages with about an iPad’s size footprint to live on. Amazing!

SHOW NOTES (INC. VIDEO & AUDIO):

https://ForAnimalsForEarth.com/show/80

Thanks guys!