Gatimaan Express is now actively promoting Refuse To ride campaign initiated by Wildlife SOS as a part of responsible tourism.
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In 2018, the Animal Welfare Board of India, Ministry of the Environment and Forests, published a report about the dire conditions of the elephants used for tourist rides at Amer Fort.
In this background Wildlife SOS launched its ‘Refuse to Ride’ campaign to open the eyes of the public to the harsh realities surrounding traditional methods that involve training elephants for tourist rides by using painful and cruel methods.
For many tourists travelling to India, taking an elephant ride tops their bucket list of must-have experiences. India is home to 50% of the world’s Asian elephant population. If demand is reduced for elephants for joyrides and in temples, these animals will remain safe in the wild.
India’s semi-high-speed train Gatimaan Express that ferries nearly 45,000 tourists between Delhi and Jhansi every month is now actively promoting elephant protection in partnership with Wildlife SOS. Seats on the train now carry the message “Joyrides on elephants is elephant abuse”.
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