点评:The river tour was amazing! The tour guide knew exactly what he was talking about and where everything was, making it a very relaxing tour as well as being very informative. We saw most of the salt water crocodiles as well as being told about the different kind of plants around the water which was great.
However, it was greatly let down by the section afterwards where we visited the crocodile nursery. I’m no expert on crocodiles but I don’t think being kept in small concrete spaces with little water is very good for them. The MAIN problem was when the guide offered us the opportunity to hold the crocodiles - I’m guessing for the entertainment of the tourists but at the end of the day it’s an animal not a toy. The next part is partly the guides fault and partly the other tourists in my groups fault, where they strapped an elastic band around its mouth and then proceeded to chase each other around with the baby crocodile. Another lady in my group was putting her finger around the crocodiles anus, and none of this was stopped by the tour guide. I understand that the others in my group were scared to touch the crocodile which ended up in them almost hitting it instead of stroking it, and this wasn’t stopped by the guide either. I forgot to mention that the guide had to chase the crocodile around its cage into a corner before picking it up - showing that it was evidently terrified and rightly so!
I understand that the tourists’ entertainment is important, but this doesn’t mean that mistreating the animal is at all appropriate.
There are roughly 4 trips a day, that’s 28 trips per week where that crocodile is being picked up and mistreated.
翻译:河流之旅太棒了!导游确切地知道他在说什么以及一切都在哪里,这使得这是一次非常轻松的旅行,而且信息非常丰富。我们看到了大部分的咸水鳄鱼,也被告知水周围有不同种类的植物,这很棒。
然而,之后我们参观鳄鱼保育室的部分却让我们大失所望。我不是鳄鱼方面的专家,但我不认为把它们关在狭小的混凝土空间和很少的水里对它们有好处。主要的问题是当导游为我们提供了握住鳄鱼的机会时 - 我猜是为了娱乐游客,但归根结底它是一种动物而不是玩具。接下来的部分部分是导游的错,部分是我团队中其他游客的错,他们用一根松紧带绑在它的嘴上,然后开始带着小鳄鱼互相追逐。我们团里的另一位女士正在用手指抚摸鳄鱼的肛门,而导游却没有阻止。我知道我们小组中的其他人害怕触摸鳄鱼,最终他们差点撞到它而不是抚摸它,而且导游也没有阻止。我忘了提到,导游必须把鳄鱼绕着笼子追到角落里,然后才把它捡起来——这表明它显然很害怕,这是正确的!
我知道游客的娱乐很重要,但这并不意味着虐待动物是适当的。
每天大约有 4 次,即每周 28 次,鳄鱼会被捡起并受到虐待。