How to Help Stop Animal Abuse in the Tourism Industry

"I’ve seen places like Elephant Nature Park change the system by providing a sanctuary for abused elephants, promoting education for visitors, and allowing tourists to experience the elephants in an unharmful way. Seeing how much money Elephant Nature Park is making, other training parks are slowly beginning to change how they do things, working with Elephant Nature Park to adopt less harmful practices, and there are now parks in Phuket, Cambodia, and Surin following similar approaches — not a universal shift, but proof that voting with our dollars can drive positive change." - Matthew Kepnes