One the world most cruellest animal attraction, the elephant ride, is
the most favourite event in Rimbo Park Jambi or also known as Jambi Zoo in
Jambi City, Jambi Province of Indonesia. Children love riding the elephant.
Each person pay IDR15,000 (US$1.1) for 4 to 5 minutes ride inside the zoo.
Scorpion investigator visit this zoo at the weekend and found the zoo quite
clean. "The only thing that disturbed me is watching the
elephant ride which is one of the cruellest animal attraction in the
world," the investigator commented.
www.worldanimalprotection.org reports that last year Oxford University’s
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) analysed 24 on different types of
wildlife attractions across the world. They rated them based on welfare and
conservation criteria - information and research to identify 10 of the
world’s cruellest types of attractions.
Link to full report of www.worldanimalprotection.org
Photos: Scorpion