Showing posts with label elephant-back safaris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elephant-back safaris. Show all posts
Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Elephant and cheetah experience: exploring Zimbabwe’s culling legacy

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FOR over 25 years, the Elephant and Cheetah Experience in Victoria Falls has been a hub of conservation, tourism and adventure. This unique ...
Thursday, 12 July 2018

Captive Victoria Falls elephant used in tourism tramples handler to death

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Leonard Ncube , Victoria Falls Reporter A 40-YEAR-OLD man who was employed as an elephant handler by a tour operator in Victoria Falls was...
Saturday, 3 February 2018

'Domesticated' elephant shot after trampling handler, Victoria Falls

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The incident happened on Wednesday morning at Dibamombe Safari Lodge 32km from Victoria Falls town. The elephant, called Dojiwe, was shot...
Friday, 12 January 2018

Tourism players resist pressure to end elephants rides

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MOST tourism players in Victoria Falls have not heeded an international ban on elephant training, exhibition and rides, arguing that the pr...

Tourism players ignore elephants ride ban

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MOST tourism players in Victoria Falls have not heeded an international ban on elephant training, exhibition and rides, arguing that the pro...
Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Victoria Falls: Tide turns against tourism elephant rides

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TOUR operators in Victoria Falls are slowly giving in to pressure from international tourism agents to stop elephant ride activities on clai...
Thursday, 27 July 2017

Elephant shot dead after trampling handler to death as British tourists waited for rides at Victoria Falls

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An elephant was shot dead after trampling his handler to death as British tourists queued for rides on the animal at popular holiday hot-sp...
Friday, 16 June 2017

Pressure on Zim to stop activities involving wild animals

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Leonard Ncube in Victoria Falls THE tourism industry is facing a gloomy future as some international tourism agents from America are repor...
Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Zambian operator to phase out elephant-back safaris

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Safari Par Excellence and Zambezi Elephant Trails have decided to phase out elephant-back safaris. It is anticipated that by the end of Dece...
Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Captive Animal encounters: are they ethical?

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Petting a lion might make you feel good, but how ethical are these interactions? By  Janine Stephen. Getaway Magazine, March 30 2015 ...