Airbnb & Travel Companies Join PETA To Stop Cruel Animal Rides At The Great Pyramids

Vacation rental giant Airbnb has joined five other travel companies across North America after learning from PETA of the cruel horse and camel rides at the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. They have joined forces to lead a new travel industry move away from the animal rides for good.

PETA Asia leads investigation into animal cruelty at the Great Pyramids of Giza

When visiting the Great Pyramids of Giza, travelers are offered a horse or camel ride to get around in the blazing heat. However, this leads to horrendous abuse of the animals and often to their deaths.

Vacation Rental giant Airbnb has recently joined five travel companies – Black Tomato, Shore Excursions Group, ToursByLocals, World Travel Holdings and Under30Experiences – in a bid to stop the cruel horse and camel rides at the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. This came as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) contacted them to stop the cruelty.

The six travel companies have all agreed to stop promoting and selling tickets for the exploitative animal rides. In thanks, PETA is sending all six companies some delicious vegan chocolates.

About the investigation

In PETA Asia’s latest investigation into the historic site, they documented handlers violently beating exhausted horses and camels used to haul tourists in the blistering sun. Many injured and malnourished horses were seen eating from garbage dumps due to a lack of proper food. Moreover, the bodies of dead horses were found discarded each day at trash sites outside the Pyramids of Giza.

Camels considered too old, sick or injured to be useful were often hauled to a slaughterhouse, where their throats were slit while they were still conscious. One camel was seen continuing to kick for four agonizing minutes after a worker slit its throat.

PETA Asia has released a video showing the horrendous abuse of the horses and camels. Readers can watch the video here, but are warned that the shocking footage is not for sensitive viewers.

PETA applauds Airbnb and other travel companies

In a statement thanking Airbnb and the travel companies, PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said:

More and more travel operators are rejecting the horror of it all and encouraging tourists to enjoy the Great Pyramids’ stunning views without supporting cruelty to horses and camels.

PETA applauds Airbnb and other travel companies for shunning these shameful rides and urges Egyptian authorities to show it cares one iota and act to defend the animals.

Horses are herd animals who feel stressed when forced to live alone, and they mourn each other’s deaths. Meanwhile, camels are known to greet each other by blowing air on each other’s faces.

Meanwhile, Airbnb and the other travel companies now join dozens of other businesses that refuse to promote or sell animal rides at the Pyramids. These include Abercrombie & Kent Travel Group, British Airways Holidays, easyJet holidays, Exodus Adventure Travels, Grand Circle Corporation, Scott Dunn, and TCS World Travel.

PETA’s motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment or abuse in any other way.” The organization also points out that “Every Animal is Someone” and offers free Empathy Kits for those people who need a lesson in kindness.

Readers can learn more about PETA and its successes on PETA.org or follow PETA on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram.

When on vacation, travelers are urged to avoid and, if necessary, report animal cruelty in the tourism industry of popular destinations. Readers can also take action against the cruelty at the Pyramids of Giza by completing this form to urge Egyptian officials to end the cruelty and impose a ban on using horses and camels to transport and entertain visitors at these and other tourist sites.