At African Travel, we in conjunction with our partners who build and operate travel experiences take wildlife protection seriously. To help our partners only select those experiences that meet our high standards, we have updated our Animal Welfare Policy.

In cooperation with our partner World Animal Protection, we are pleased to support a tourism industry free of animal cruelty. All wildlife experiences across The Travel Corporation (TTC) and its family of brands must adhere to TreadRight’s policy, which is based on the Five Domains of Animal Welfare.

WHILE ON SAFARI

Poachers are now using unsuspecting tourists to hunt their prey. While on safari, tourists post photos of animals to social media sites, not realizing that embedded within the post or photo is a geo-tag containing its GPS location.

This allows poachers to track animals of value. Here are some tips on how to keep your posts private and remove any geo-tags, just go into your phone settings to turn off your GPS location.  We want to ensure that our guests have an incredible experience, while preserving this wonderful continent.

Some of the ways that you can ensure that that this occurs on safari, is to follow specific  rules when adjusting your phone and app settings on safari as below:

iPhone: Settings > Privacy > Locations Services. You can turn off Location Services entirely or just on your phone’s camera.

Android: Settings > Geotags disable. OR Settings > Locations > Tap on the green button to turn off tracking completely.

Twitter: Geotagging will only be turned on in the app on your phone if you have done so manually in the settings menu under Privacy > Location Services. If posting from a computer click on the gear icon in the right corner and go to settings to check privacy settings.

Facebook: Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Facebook > Select ‘Never’. Within the Facebook application, tap the menu in the top right-hand corner. Go to Account settings > Tap location > Disable location history.

Instagram: Settings > Private Account is ON, and only people you approve can see your photos/videos. When posting a photo, do not < Add Location.

Pinterest: Click on your profile picture and select Settings to see what the public can view, who can search for you and what if any social networks you have associated with your account.

To view our full Animal Welfare Policy, click here. 

 

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS

Guests and our teams are encouraged to contact us at animalwelfare@treadright.org if they feel an experience does not meet this Animal Welfare Policy. The African Travel team takes these concerns seriously and will investigate concerns as soon as possible.