Abstract:

Animals are exploited for food, scientific researches, cosmetic testings, healing, assisting, entertainment, etc. The entertainment part usually includes animal suffering and pain. Circuses, dolphinariums and zoos are some places where people have fun, while animals do not. This kind of exploitation increases day by day. Ecotourism is a form of tourism that corresponds to animal rights in theory. The tourism field should seek answers for moral questions about equity, equality, rights, justice and values for sustainable and responsible tourism. This paper aims to explore the ways in which animal rights are violated for tourism, and intends to raise awareness about this obvious but not recognised problem by drawing attention to the specific examples of forms of animal exploitation in the world as well as in Turkey

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