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One of the world's top travel companies is [ended / ending] its tours to many of the planet's top animal attractions. STA Travel, which [provisions / provides] holidays, flights and accommodation for 2.5 million students a year, has decided it will [no / not] longer organize tours to places where animals are not [freely / free] . This means it will not [arrangement / arrange] elephant rides or trips to the Tiger Temple in Thailand, [as / has] well as tours to SeaWorld in Florida and California. The company said it would only go to places it [knowing / knew] were good to animals. Many STA customers complained [about / around] the tours to some places, so it started to [review / reviews] its animal tours. A company spokeswoman said: "We take this seriously and listen carefully to feedback [to / from] animal welfare experts."

SeaWorld was disappointed [with / from] STA's decision. It wanted STA to see the [high / highly] standards of animal care at both SeaWorlds. It also said activities [on / by] animal rights groups may have made STA [fake / make] this decision. A SeaWorld spokesperson said: "There is [no / not] higher priority for SeaWorld than the safety [of / by] our employees and guests and the welfare [of / to] our animals." STA said it would look at more places that have animals. It said: "We are very [many / much] at the beginning of this journey. It is really important we do it over time, understand what the issues are and work with organisations that really understand [them / those] issues." The animal rights group PETA says animals such as dolphins all suffer at [theme / them] parks.