Captive Elephant welfare initiative
Elephants in captivity are an ethical concern in the tourism industry. The rapid growth in tourism’s demand for interaction with elephants across Asia coupled with inadequate government regulations has resulted of poor treatment of these animals in many of the elephant facilities. Other facilities however are working in compliance with the best achievable practices in close partnership with elephant experts and universities. One problem is that there are no internationally accepted standards or assessment systems available for ensuring good elephant welfare. So, the Elephant Camp Animal Welfare Standard and Assessment Initiative aims to recognize the better camps and to motivate those not yet complying towards better animal welfare.