A new report from the global non-profit World Animal Protection (WAP) is calling out the tour booking platform GetYourGuide for continuing to sell experiences that the non-profit says involve abusing animals and subjecting them to a lifetime in captivity.
The report identifies what WAP calls the “worst animal tourism operators” selling experiences via the global GetYourGuide platform.
The tour operators named in the report are accused of running venues where “animals endure abusive training, are provided inadequate food and water, and are forced into frightening interactions with people.”
“We’re warning travelers to steer clear of GetYourGuide until it adopts a robust and public animal welfare policy. Until then, GetYourGuide’s customers are inadvertently…