One of the nation’s most popular travel booking sites is taking a stand on animal welfare by halting the sale of tickets to attractions that let tourists ride or touch wild or endangered animals. TripAdvisor announced plans to adopt the changes by early 2017, partly in response to pressure from animal rights groups to stop selling tickets to attractions that they feel exploit animals without offering any educational value. Representatives of the booking site declined to name which attractions would no longer be listed but described them as places where tourists come in contact with captive wild animals or endangered species, including attractions where people ride elephants, pet tigers and swim with dolphins.
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