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野生动物探险游的点评
点评：This experience is labeled "Meets animal welfare guidelines" but it does not. I felt there were a lot of red flags going on here.
For one thing, this violates the "Physical interaction with animals in captivity" rule in the guidelines and none of the exceptions apply.
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It is one thing for them to allow the interactions, it is another for them to allow the interactions to occur they way they do. The elephants are forced to the edges of the enclosure so the interactions are forced — they should at least be allowed to choose if they want to interact and certainly there were some elephants that did want to.
Secondly, the staff provide no instructions on how to touch the elephants. If they are going to allow this, they need to give instructions. Some people gently touched the elephants but I saw too many people doing too many weird things to the elephants like hitting them, squeezing them, and scratching them. My face was permanently cringed for the rest of the day.
Additionally, the staff need to be on the watch for poor treatment of the animals by guests and they need to be empowered to say something when guests are touching the animals inappropriately (the Giraffe Centre is notably very good at this and is a great example of how staff advocate for the safety of the animals and the guests). If they can't do that, they simply shouldn't allow people touch them at all.
Another guest also asked them if any of the elephants have ever not been able to be released back into their habitat and the staff member answered with a very short "no". While I don't actually know whether that is true or not, there was something about the response that felt off. I find it hard to believe that they have never had that problem while other good organizations do and the shortness of the response felt unnecessarily defensive if they actually do release them.
For one thing, this violates the "Physical interaction with animals in captivity" rule in the guidelines and none of the exceptions apply.
Read rules here: https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Trust-lIFsY9GSDYn4.html
It is one thing for them to allow the interactions, it is another for them to allow the interactions to occur they way they do. The elephants are forced to the edges of the enclosure so the interactions are forced — they should at least be allowed to choose if they want to interact and certainly there were some elephants that did want to.
Secondly, the staff provide no instructions on how to touch the elephants. If they are going to allow this, they need to give instructions. Some people gently touched the elephants but I saw too many people doing too many weird things to the elephants like hitting them, squeezing them, and scratching them. My face was permanently cringed for the rest of the day.
Additionally, the staff need to be on the watch for poor treatment of the animals by guests and they need to be empowered to say something when guests are touching the animals inappropriately (the Giraffe Centre is notably very good at this and is a great example of how staff advocate for the safety of the animals and the guests). If they can't do that, they simply shouldn't allow people touch them at all.
Another guest also asked them if any of the elephants have ever not been able to be released back into their habitat and the staff member answered with a very short "no". While I don't actually know whether that is true or not, there was something about the response that felt off. I find it hard to believe that they have never had that problem while other good organizations do and the shortness of the response felt unnecessarily defensive if they actually do release them.
翻译：这次体验标榜“符合动物福利指南”，但实际上并非如此。我觉得这里有很多危险信号。
首先，这违反了指南中“与圈养动物进行身体互动”的规定，而且所有例外情况均不适用。
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他们允许互动是一回事，允许以他们自己的方式进行互动又是另一回事。大象被逼到围栏边缘，所以互动是被迫的——至少应该允许它们选择是否互动，当然也有一些大象确实想互动。
其次，工作人员没有提供如何触摸大象的说明。如果他们要允许这样做，就需要提供说明。有些人轻轻地触摸了大象，但我看到太多人对大象做了太多奇怪的事情，比如打它们、挤压它们、抓它们。那一天剩下的时间里，我的脸一直皱着。
此外，工作人员需要留意游客对动物的虐待，并且应该被授权在游客不当触碰动物时站出来发声（长颈鹿中心在这方面做得非常出色，是工作人员维护动物和游客安全的典范）。如果他们做不到这一点，就根本不应该允许人们触碰它们。
另一位游客还问他们，是否有大象无法被放归栖息地，工作人员简短地回答了“没有”。虽然我不知道这是否属实，但工作人员的回应总让人感觉不对劲。我很难相信他们从未遇到过类似的问题，而其他优秀的机构却都有。如果他们真的放生了大象，那么如此简短的回应显得有些不必要，显得过于防御。
首先，这违反了指南中“与圈养动物进行身体互动”的规定，而且所有例外情况均不适用。
点击此处阅读规则：https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Trust-lIFsY9GSDYn4.html
他们允许互动是一回事，允许以他们自己的方式进行互动又是另一回事。大象被逼到围栏边缘，所以互动是被迫的——至少应该允许它们选择是否互动，当然也有一些大象确实想互动。
其次，工作人员没有提供如何触摸大象的说明。如果他们要允许这样做，就需要提供说明。有些人轻轻地触摸了大象，但我看到太多人对大象做了太多奇怪的事情，比如打它们、挤压它们、抓它们。那一天剩下的时间里，我的脸一直皱着。
此外，工作人员需要留意游客对动物的虐待，并且应该被授权在游客不当触碰动物时站出来发声（长颈鹿中心在这方面做得非常出色，是工作人员维护动物和游客安全的典范）。如果他们做不到这一点，就根本不应该允许人们触碰它们。
另一位游客还问他们，是否有大象无法被放归栖息地，工作人员简短地回答了“没有”。虽然我不知道这是否属实，但工作人员的回应总让人感觉不对劲。我很难相信他们从未遇到过类似的问题，而其他优秀的机构却都有。如果他们真的放生了大象，那么如此简短的回应显得有些不必要，显得过于防御。
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