| rgp |
| (.333 member) |
| 03/07/05 06:29 AM |
Re: Eco-tourism vs Hunting tourism
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In reply to:
"Elephants are rapidly becoming conservation's latest commodity with increasing numbers of animals being taken from the wild for lives in captivity, including the elephant-back safari and tourism industry, he said.
If some people are selling elephant rides in parks and game preserves, how does the "trained elephant" behave when coming close to wild elephants? Does the trained elephant's behavior change at that point?
I know zilch about elephants but it seems that an elephant ride on an elephant not welcome in a herd could quickly get pretty dangerous.
Richard.