Nature & Wildlife Welfare Guidelines

Any experience offered through the Wyldistan Platform that involves living things should be done with respect, humility and awareness to the world’s people, animals, communities, habitats and environment. We base our decisions on who we will and won’t work with on one guiding principle that: wildlife belongs in the wild and all Wyldistan members including customers, service providers and employees are respectful of the ways of Nature.

Who we'll work with

We'll work with service providers that offer the following types of accommodation/activities:

• Venues where visitors can observe wild animals in a natural or semi-natural environment

• Responsible eco-tourism setups that conserve the environment and sustain the well-being of the animals involved with a focus on education

• Responsible bird-watching and herping tours

• Animal sanctuaries and shelters whose objectives are in the animals’ best interest

• Places that sell responsibly and sustainably sourced legal forest produce, such as wild honey.

Who we won’t work with

We don't work with service providers that offer or promote any of the following activities:

• Activities offering trophy/canned hunting or animal racing or fighting

• Activities offering performances/shows (e.g. circuses) or direct unnatural interaction (e.g. tiger petting) involving captivated wild animals of certain species*

• Activities that cause intentional damage to wildlife habitats / ecologically sensitive areas

• Facilities where wild animals are purposely bred to produce commercial products (e.g. crocodile farms, civet coffee farms, bear bile farms)

• Places that sell unethically sourced wild animal products (e.g. turtle meat, snake skins, crocodile heads, etc.)

* Certain species’ examples include dolphins, bears, big cats, primates, sloths, birds of prey.

01-May-2025