Tourism: Elephants

(asked on 4th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has held with representatives of tour operators on the advertising of holiday attractions involving Asian elephants.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 13th March 2020

Defra officials continue to be in regular contact with representatives from the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) on the issue of the welfare of elephants in tourist attractions overseas. I was pleased that ABTA recently updated its members’ animal welfare guidelines to include specific advice about this issue.

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