If you ’re planning a col twelvemonth or a holiday and adjudicate to locomote across different parts of Asia , Africa or honestly any other continent that has wild animals , put your sound   away ,   because these animals are n’t interested in any of your selfies . In fact , you could be putting them in great risk .

With selfie culture on the rise , especially due to pic - ground social medium apps such as Facebook , Snapchat and of course , Instagram , and date stamp app profiles that ask you to reckon interesting , caring , and well - travel in one go , many people are turning towards snarl themselves with cunning critter .

But , away from how peachy you ’ll wait on a phone screen , have you really consider what goes into making this scenario potential ? That tiger your prospective hunk is hugging on Tinder ? Yeah , it’soverly sedatedand probably has no tooth . That ’s not hot .

An investigation by World Animal Protection has revealed that eco - tourism companies are resorting to poaching uncivilised animate being   – let in tree sloth and crocodiles   – to satisfy your profile pic dreaming . Thereportreveals the investigator traveled to two tourist destination in Latin America , Manaus in Brazil and Puerto Alegria in Peru , to see for themselves how the beast were suffering .

In an opinion   piece forThe Guardian , World Animal Protection CEO Steve Mclvor shed some light on what they found .

" Caiman crocodiles were seen stored in complete dark in broken fridges – their mouth taped shut , " he wrote . " These cold - full-blooded reptilian need sun and to be in full submerge in water supply . Instead , they are regularly yank out of the electric refrigerator or dark polystyrene boxes to have their photos take with tourer before they are returned to their painful solitary restriction . "

accord to thereport ’s findings , " In Manaus , our investigating of 18 unlike tour company revealed that the opportunity to nurse and touch wild animate being as photo props was offered on 94 % of excursions . It was actively advance in 77 % of them . ”

It also divvy up that during their probe in Peru Algeria , tourists could make out into liaison with the wild animals for photo opportunities for around $ 15 .

“ The team also discovered sloths are being poach from the wilderness to be used for selfies , "   Mclvorcontinued . " Each sloth is usually held by about five the great unwashed within just a few mo , causing them huge stress . Behind the scenes , they are bind to trees with rope and , tragically , rarely exist to six month . ”

World Animal Protection has strive out to Instagram   – the chief political platform for wildlife selfies   – and ask them to amend their price of use , by informing those who habituate the app about fauna cruelty . They have also asked people to sign up to theWildlife Selfie Codeto invoke cognizance of what in reality go into piss that perfect visibility photograph .