Why you shouldn’t ride elephants or take selfies with tigers this summer

Every year thousands of tourists visit attractions at centres across the globe where they are encouraged to interact with wild animals.

Whether its hitching a ride on the back of an elephant or taking selfies with tigers, many holidaymakers are oblivious to the suffering these animals have gone through.

Young elephants, separated prematurely from their mothers, are beaten with sharpened metal hooks to control them through fear, while tiger cubs are chained to concrete blocks in small metal cages where they are poked and prodded with sticks to make them pose.

‘You’re looking at an animal that is being put through this process relentlessly every day,’ animal welfare campaigner Chiara Vitali told Metro.co.uk.

‘[The animal] is being made into a prop or a vehicle or a performer and there’s no choice and no respite. That’s life 24/7 – no rest, no breaks, no water and no food for hours.’

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