Cash-strapped nations in southern Africa want to end a ban on selling ivory and lift restrictions on elephant hunting, a decision that has not gone down well with environmentalists.
Botswana Lifts Hunting Ban
Suffering Unseen: The Dark Truth Behind Wildlife Tourism
We highly recommend checking out NatGeo’s article “Suffering unseen: The dark truth behind wildlife tourism”. It is a fairly well rounded amalgamation of the multiple facets of the captive wild animal tourist industry, explaining why that “dream trip to go visit elephants, pet lion cubs, pose with adult big cats, or swim with dolphins will cost tourist money, but costs the animals involved far, far more.
