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Abta Animal Welfare Guidelines ABTA ANIMAL WELFARE GUIDELINES Global Welfare Guidance for Animals in Tourism Welcome to the online version of this Best Practice Handbook. Use the interactive navigation to guide your way through the manual. ENTER NOW ©2013 ABTA Introduction Intended use of this guidance Animal attractions and experiences are now a common part of holiday destinations and are generally very popular with holiday makers. Customer surveys have shown many of the travelling public aspire to see or interact with animals. Yet research and experience also demonstrate that customers want to be assured of good animal welfare standards (YouGov 2012). This guidance manual and its six supporting guidance manuals are intended to As the number of enterprises has grown, so too has our understanding of the animals featured be practical guides for the suppliers of animal experiences and attractions offered and the potential impacts of human/animal interaction. Strong relationships exist between within the tourism industry. The aim is to encourage good practice in animal travel providers and suppliers; it is important that all stakeholders work collectively to enable protection and welfare by providing businesses with knowledge and guidance. enterprises to offer meaningful, rewarding experiences to customers whilst at the same time, safeguarding the welfare of the animals and public health and safety. This approach can achieve The manuals include a benchmark for best Guidance manual overview longer-term business success, raise welfare standards across the industry and strengthen the practice in animal welfare for the tourism and partnerships that exist between travel providers and animal related attractions. animal attractions industries globally. They There are seven manuals within the series: The Global Welfare Guidance for Animals in Tourism together with a series of six supporting consolidate an abundance of existing guidance guidance manuals introduce minimum requirements, good and best practice for the most and they establish minimum requirements Global Welfare Guidance for Animals popular types of tourist activities involving animals. Developed in consultation with over 200 that are supported by travel providers. As in Tourism stakeholders including animal welfare experts, our aim is to provide balanced and science-based such, they are intended for travel providers to This manual provides an introduction to information around current best practice to ensure that both animal welfare and the quality of issue to their suppliers, for tourist boards in animal welfare and an overview of best the customer experience are given a priority. These guidelines are intended for travel providers, destinations, for destination governments and practice that is applicable to all businesses tourist boards and destination governments and ultimately and most importantly, animal ultimately and most importantly, for animal and attractions within the tourism industry attraction and experience suppliers. attraction and experience suppliers. involving animals. It covers: By working together, the standard of animal welfare across the tourism industry can be improved This manual and the six supporting manuals • An insight into the different ways in and become a positive case study for industry engagement in improving animal welfare. are by no means intended to be the definitive which animals and tourism are linked source of information about managing animal • Minimum welfare requirements for welfare considerations in animal attractions. animal attractions Nikki White, We recognise that there is a great deal of Head of Destinations and Sustainability, variation in available standards around the • Reference to specific welfare needs ABTA world and that for many businesses the of commonly managed species. manuals will contain commonly known It sets out guidance around animal husbandry information, but for others they will likely and care designed to improve animal welfare serve as a useful reference regarding best and to phase out inappropriate practices practice in animal welfare. In all instances known to have negative impacts on animals. of uncertainty, we encourage suppliers to seek further advice from a suitably qualified individual or organisation. GLOBAL WELFARE GUIDANCE FOR ANIMALS IN TOURISM: A Best Practice Guidance Manual ©2013 ABTA GLOBAL WELFARE GUIDANCE FOR ANIMALS IN TOURISM: A Best Practice Guidance Manual ©2013 ABTA Specific guidance manuals Unacceptable and All discouraged activities are introduced in KEY POINTS In addition, five specific guidance manuals Discouraged Practices this manual (see page 25) and more details cover a variety of activities commonly are in the specific manual, Unacceptable and encountered through tourism. These manuals The final manual in the series relates to Discouraged Practices. • Unacceptable practices are are intended to guide suppliers to achieve the practices involving animals which have those that are known to minimum requirements for each of the specific been classified as either unacceptable or Minimum requirements and best have a detrimental effect on activity types, besides encouraging progress discouraged by the travel providers working practice guidelines animal welfare. towards the best practice outlined. with these guidance manuals. • Discouraged practises may This manual and the supporting six guidance Specific guidance is available for: pose a risk to tourist health Unacceptable practices manuals contain a set of minimum and safety and/or a possible Certain activities are widely recognised as requirements intended to be the benchmark risk to animal welfare. Animals in having a detrimental impact on animal welfare, for the minimum acceptable level of animal Captive Environments • Animal attractions and in some cases, may present a high risk to welfare in tourism activities. This will allow should comply with the visitor and staff safety. These activities have you as a supplier to access if your business minimum requirements Dolphins in therefore been classified as ‘unacceptable’. applies with the minimum requirements. Travel for animal welfare. Captive Environments Travel providers working with these guidance providers working with these manuals have manuals have agreed that these activities committed to these minimum requirements • We encourage animal should not be offered for sale to customers. and will be developing procedures to check that attractions to aim for best Elephants in suppliers comply and are continually striving practice in animal welfare. Captive Environments Discouraged practices for performance improvements. These manuals • All seven manuals are Some activities involving animals and people contain examples of realistic and achievable compatible with audited Wildlife Viewing may pose health and safety risks. Suppliers best practice guidelines for animal welfare in industry standards. of activities involving animals and people tourism-related attractions and activities. should consider and effectively manage both the welfare of the animals and the health and Audits and inspections Authorship Working Animals. safety of visitors and staff. Travel providers working with these guidance manuals will only We recognise that many animal attraction This manual and the supporting six guidance consider promoting animal-based activities suppliers are members of trade bodies and manuals have been developed by ABTA through which are classified as discouraged practices associations that already have membership a multi-stakeholder consultation process Licensing and certification where they are satisfied that the risks to requirements relating to animal welfare involving industry experts, scientists, zoologist animal welfare and the health and safety of best practice and that many inspect their organisations, associations and non- Animal attractions should be operating customers are managed appropriately. members to ensure these requirements are governmental organisations (NGOs) from met. The Global Welfare Guidance for Animals around the world. A list of stakeholders is legally and in accordance with their Certain activities involving animals and in Tourism upholds internationally-accepted included in Appendix 7. It is important to point country’s own legal requirements. If customers have been publicly criticised as standards in animal welfare and legislation out that the content of these manuals does not appropriate to the country of operation, detrimental to animal welfare. Though there is and is therefore compatible with existing necessarily reflect the exact views of the listed the animal attraction should have a currently a lack of conclusive evidence, there industry standards. Audited suppliers should individuals or organisations. All stakeholders valid operating licence issued by a is a risk that such activities are detrimental be able to demonstrate compliance with have, however, seen merit in these guidance recognised certification agency or to welfare. These activities have therefore these minimum requirements. manuals and provided invaluable input during relevant local authority. been classified as ‘discouraged’ by the travel the consultation. ABTA extends its appreciation providers working with these documents. to all the stakeholders for their contributions. GLOBAL WELFARE GUIDANCE FOR ANIMALS IN TOURISM: A Best Practice Guidance Manual ©2013 ABTA GLOBAL WELFARE GUIDANCE FOR ANIMALS IN TOURISM: A Best Practice Guidance Manual ©2013 ABTA ONE MANAGING ANIMAL WELFARE IN TOURISM Use the interactive coloured
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