![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/thomas-cook-stops-selling-dolphin-and-orca-show-tickets-as-tourists-slam-practice/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_An-Orca-killer-whale-at-Miami-Seaquarium.jpg&description=After a lengthy public campaign and a fall in demand following the coronavirus pandemic, Thomas Cook will no longer sell tickets to any attractions with captive dolphins, orcas or whales Thomas Cook will no longer sell tickets to any attractions with captive dolphins, orcas or whales following a long campaign of public pressure and decreasing demand. The online travel company has ditched the outings as part of a new animal welfare policy and after customers demanded it stopped supporting the trips. Customers told the firm that they wanted to enjoy animals while on holiday, but they had particular concerns over dolphins in captivity. To cater for demand from customers to still have experiences within nature, Thomas Cook will continue to offer and promote 'wild-watching' experiences involving whales and dolphins, meaning the marine animals are not taken out of their natural environment. A petition launched in 2016 calling for Thomas Cook to "stop promoting trips to swim with captive dolphins" has been signed more than 250,000 times. "I love dolphins - they are beautiful creatures so it's no surprise that people would love the opportunity to swim with them. It's seemingly harmless but it is actually cruel and inhumane," campaign organiser Katie Bashford wrote at the time. "Dolphins are often stolen from the wild in order to supply the demand for such experiences. The process of capturing and transporting dolphins to marine parks is excruciating and many animals die during transit. Those that survive are condemned to live a stressful and miserable life. "In the wild, dolphins are highly intelligent social beings who live in large family groups and can travel up to 100 miles a day. In captivity, they are forced to live in confined, artificial conditions and they suffer immense mental and physical stress as a result. A life in a tank is no life at all." The former Thomas Cook business removed from sale any attraction with captive orcas in 2018 – a year before its collapse){kind=link}
After a lengthy public campaign and a fall in demand following the coronavirus pandemic, Thomas Cook will no longer sell tickets to any attractions with captive dolphins, orcas or whales
Thomas Cook will no longer sell tickets to any attractions with captive dolphins, orcas or whales following a long campaign of public pressure and decreasing demand.
The online travel company has ditched the outings as part of a new animal welfare policy and after customers demanded it stopped supporting the trips.
Customers told the firm that they wanted to enjoy animals while on holiday, but they had particular concerns over dolphins in captivity.
To cater for demand from customers to still have experiences within nature, Thomas Cook will continue to offer and promote “wild-watching” experiences involving whales and dolphins, meaning the marine animals are not taken out of their natural environment.