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They were CUTEz before it was cool….LOLz!

Scotland wants you to visit its luscious lochs and rolling hills and the country enlisted the help of Fivla and Vitamin, two VERY stylish Shetland ponies, as a part of its Year of Natural Scotland campaign.

We only have two things to say to this:

Tags: advertisement, business, cute cute cute, ponies, scotland, shetland pony, tourism

And it's for TWO good causes!!!

Zambia is joining the FUN party of banning trophy hunting, following in Kenya and Botswana's footsteps.

Leopard and lion hunting will be banned in 2013, two of the big five of trophy hunting, (elephants, water buffalo and rhinos are the other three). The government hopes the bans will boost ecotourism.

Hunters argue that game hunting is big business for Zambia and

Tags: ban, big game, game hunting, government, hunting, inspiration, politics, tourism, trophy hunting, zambia

Have you heard of the rumor that punching a shark in the nose will make it let go?

Well this guy WRESTLED a shark!!!

While we don't recommend either action, a British tourist kept beachgoers safe from a shark swimming a bit too close to the shore.

This old guy has got some SPUNK!!!! But just your average day at Bulcock Beach right???

LOLz!

Tags: attack, australia, britain, bulcock beach, crazy, shark, tourism, wacky, wrestling

Game hunting has been a major sport in Zambia for a long time, but now that killing animals such as leopards and lions can possibly affect the tourism rate in the country, Minister Sylvia Masebo has put in end to the sport!!

Miz Masebo said:

Tags: game hunting, leopards, lions, sylvia masebo, tourism, wild cats

Not really the best option, right?

Argentina's tourism industry is really suffering.

Patrons who want to enjoy a nice, whale watching experience are forced to behold seagulls pecking at the backs of surfacing whales.

And that simply will just not do, people!!!!

So, Argentina has enacted the 100 Day Whale-Gull Action Plan, allowing workers to shoot seagulls.

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, WTF???? Seriously????

Environmentalists agree that seagulls are hurting the whales and affecting their breeding grounds but they state that human debris is the main cause for the population explosion.

In other words…PICK UP YOUR TRASH PEOPLE!!!!

Tags: argentina, attack, killing, legal matters, politics, seagull, tourism, whale

In Nepal, several soccer-playing elephants got together for a quick game of soccer, or as they call it, trunkball.

It was part of Nepal's three-day, elephant-themed festival to help promote conservation awareness and boost tourism.

The elephants trained for weeks and seemed to have a great time playing around.

"We hope that the elephant festival will help bring more tourists to Chitwan. We need both foreign and domestic visitors."

They're probably trying to bring back tourists ever since their ten-year insurgency from armed rebels killed more than 13,000 people.

Hopefully the elephants will help.

"Training the elephants to play soccer was not easy but they learned the basic command. They understood they need to hit the ball when I yell 'kick' at them."

And an elephant never forgets, so maybe they'll keep up the soccer and we'll have a Christiano Ronaldophant.

Sorry, that was bad. LOLz!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: elephants, festival, games, nepal, playing, soccer, tourism