You won't find these animal experiences on our trips:

 > Elephant interactions and rides. 

 > Petting lion cubs, walking with lions, and canned hunts. 

 > Situations where animals are subjected to cruelty for the purpose of entertainment. 

  > Aquariums or marine parks where large mammals like dolphins and whales are captive. 

 > Souvenirs that involve animal cruelty or place animals at risk. 

 > Wildlife selfies.

You will find these animal experiences on our trips:

 > Viewing wild animals in their natural habitats. 

 > Itineraries that include pack-animals carrying loads and travellers in accordance with The Five Domains. 

 > Itineraries include pack-animals, pulling loads in accordance with The Five Domains. 

 > Itineraries that include companion animals and pets, in accordance with The Five Domains. 

 > Itineraries that include visits to sanctuaries that abide by World Animal Protection's Genuine Sanctuary Checklist. 

The Five Domains

The WETG advocates for the use of the ‘Five Domains’ model of animal welfare, addressing both the physical and mental state of animals: 

1. Nutrition: ensure animals have access to clean water and enough food in a balanced diet. Available food is nutritious, appropriate for the species and individual animal, and varied. 

2. Environment: ensure animals are comfortable and safe and provided with opportunities and choices to engage in natural and rewarding behaviour. 

3. Health: ensure animals are fit and healthy and injuries and illnesses are prevented or immediately and appropriately treated. 

4. Behaviour: ensure animals can express natural and rewarding behaviour and are able to engage in free movement and play and have positive contact with animals and people to form social bonds. 

5. Mental state: provide safe, species-appropriate opportunities to have pleasurable experiences. Nutrition, the environment, health and the opportunity for expression of natural behaviour all influence an animal’s mental state.

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Industry leading animal advocacy

In 2014, World Expeditions signed World Animal Protection's Elephant Friendly Tourism Pledge to:

 > Audit our entire product offering to assess if we directly or indirectly use wild animals for the entertainment of travellers, e.g., elephant rides. 

 > Remove all such instances from our product offering. 

 > Promote responsible tourism among our customers to enable them to be animal-friendly travellers. 

This led us to remove all instances of elephant rides and interactions from our product offering, as well as produce our inaugural Animal Welfare Policy. 

WETG offers elephant-friendly experiences, where travellers can observe elephants from a distance, either in the wild or in a genuine high-care elephant sanctuary. 

Learn about the cruelty behind elephant rides.