Tell Fodor's to Stop Promoting Elephant Cruelty

This Tour Guide Thinks It's OK To Abuse Animals. Sign This Petition to Let Them Know You Don't Agree. Sign Now Dear friends, On the Fodor’s website for the Elephant Conservation Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the writer joyfully describes their elephant band where the "trumpeter is truly a star" and gushes over the opportunities to take elephant rides around the center's grounds. What they don’t tell you, is that the elephants aren’t doing this things because they want to, they are doing them because they have no choice, because they will be hurt if they don't. The only way to teach wild elephants to paint, play instruments, roll logs, and carry people on their back is by torturing them into submission using bullhooks and other cruel methods. This is well-documented, and yet Fodor's doesn't mention a thing about the abuse on their website or in their books. They also never mention that elephant rides can damage the animals' spines. And they never write about how exploiting elephants for entertainment and profit is just plain wrong. There are so many cruelty-free ways to enjoy the world, but Fodor's has shamelessly decided to promote attractions that exploit and hurt elephants. Fodor's is the world's largest publisher of English language travel and tourism information, and they are sending tens of thousands of people to these attractions each year. But if they exclude elephant rides and shows from their guidebooks and website, then fewer people would go to these types of attractions. Sign this petition to demand that Fodor's follows the lead of Lonely Planet by making a commitment to stop promoting elephant rides and shows on their website and in their books.   Andrew M. The Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Let's end the cruel elephant entertainment industry. Signt the petition.