Wild Encounters: Ethical tourism for animal lovers
About this ebook
<p>This guide gives expert advice from wildlife conservations on the issues you may encounter when seeing animals when travelling. It explains how to spot an animal in distress, the impact of animal shows and how to see wildlife ethically.</p>
<p>In this guide:<br><ul><li>Advice on how to see animals in the wild ethically</li><li>Information on the impact of animal shows on wildlife</li><li>How to book ethical wildlife-watching trips</li><li>The difference between seeing animals in the wild and captivity</li></ul></p><p>How to help change the global impact of animal tourism</p>
<p>Our Wild Encounters guide is designed to help you make ethical decisions about how to see wildlife. Too much information can sometimes be overwhelming, so we’ll give you a general overview and help you take the first steps towards seeing animals responsibly.</p>
About the author
Nick is World Animal Protection’s global head of campaign against dolphin captivity, advocating for the public and travel industry’s rejection of captive dolphin experiences and building support for responsible alternatives and solutions to protect current and future generations of animals.
Katheryn is World Animal Protection's UK campaigns manager for wildlife. Her role focuses on exposing places where wild animals are used for entertainment in tourism.
Ian Redmond is a tropical field biologist and conservationist, renowned for his work with great apes and elephants. For more than 40 years he has been associated with the mountain gorilla, through research, filming, tourism and conservation work. Ian founded Ape Alliance in 1996 to encourage conservation organisations to work together.
Peter is co-founder and Executive Director of WildAid, the only organisation focused on reducing demand for wildlife products and leading the fight against global demand for shark fin, ivory, and rhino horn.
Chris is head of animal welfare and captivity at the Born Free Foundation. He oversees animal welfare across all the Foundation’s projects and leads on promoting its Compassionate Conservation initiative. Chris is also the European Coordinator for the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) and has completed a PhD at the University of Bristol on the implementation of legislation and assessment of animal welfare in zoos.
