A Giant Step Forward For Indonesia’s Elephants

There’s good news for Bali Zoo’s elephants! In line with a more ethical outlook on the treatment and protection of these majestic creatures in Indonesia, the visitor attraction completely halted its elephant rides on January 1 2026, as Perth Now reports. 

This is a development warmly welcomed by animal welfare campaigning groups, who had been pressurizing the zoo to stop offering interactive activities that exploit animals. 

As Emma Kristiana Chandra, the zoo’s public relations head, quoted in Indonesian news platform The Bali Sun outlines, the zoo is home to fourteen critically endangered Sumatran elephants….