TripAdvisor bans ticket sales to attractions that allow contact with wild animals

Animal welfare groups laud step by travel giant but concerns remain that it is not going far enough to counter cruel practices and exploitation by tourism businesses

Chile’s Marine Park Tic Toc to boost global blue whale and dolphin conservation

Blue whale conservation gets a boost.   The approval by the government of Chile of the largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) in continental Chile is a boost to conservation efforts for blue whales and dolphins. The Tic-Toc MPA on Chile’s southern coast announced this week follows almost 15 years of work by a number of … Read more