Born Free Foundation - We Are Born Free - Since 1984 we have …
WEBBorn Free needs you to Raise The Red Flag, and report the suffering of animals in captivity, so that we can take action to make it end. Share your eyewitness reports, and use our map to avoid visiting facilities where wild animals are being exploited.
Dangerous Wild Animals Map - Born Free
WEBBorn Free’s 2023 survey reveals that over 2,700 dangerous wild animals are licensed to be kept privately in Great Britain (and there may be many more kept without a licence). A total of 187 private addresses across 126 local authorities hold licences to keep dangerous wild animals such as lions, tigers, crocodilians and venomous reptiles!
Remembering Bill Travers MBE - Born Free
WEBMar 29, 2019 · Today we fondly remember our Co-Founder Bill Travers MBE, who passed away on 29th March 1994. In this very special blog, our Co-Founder Virginia McKenna OBE reflects on his life. On March 29th it will be 25 years since my husband, Bill, died. A quarter of a century. However you say it, it is a very long time.
Q&a: dangerous wild animal ownership in the uk - Born Free
WEBApr 1, 2021 · DANGEROUS WILD ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN THE UK Born Free Answers Your Questions. Following our recent revelations that increasing numbers of dangerous wild animals are being kept by private owners in Britain, and the broadcast of Britain’s Tiger Kings: On The Trail With Ross Kemp (ITV, March 30th and April 6th 2021), we have been inundated with questions.
Ukraine Lions: From the frontline to freedom - Born Free
WEBMar 12, 2024 · Today, after an incredible eight-thousand-mile journey and a monumental rescue mission involving countless passionate people and organisations around the world, the brothers started their new lives in their ancestral homeland after taking their first tentative steps on African soil; released to experience, for the first time, the sights, sounds and smells of South Africa at Born Free’s Big ...
The History of Born Free: Wildlife Charity Since 1984
WEBThe premature death of Pole Pole led to Virginia and Bill establishing Zoo Check in 1984 with their eldest son Will Travers OBE. Zoo Check evolved to become the Born Free Foundation in 1991. Today, Will Travers is Born Free’s Executive President. Pole Pole’s death led Virginia, Bill and Will to become tireless campaigners for animal welfare ...
Adopt An Animal Today - Born Free
WEBSupporting a wild animal through adoption is a great way to help fund our work to protect threatened and endangered species. You can click on one of the links below, or even give us a call if you would prefer – our friendly team would be delighted to help. Please call: +44 (0)1403 240 170.
News & Updates - Born Free
WEBNews. UK Wildlife. To mark Born Free's 40th anniversary, we've created a list of 40 easy and practical ways you can help wild animals. Animal Rescue. Antelope. News. Rescue & Care. Badger. News.
Born to Roam: The Suffering of Polar Bears in Zoos
WEBFeb 27, 2023 · This report comes 37 years after Born Free’s first commissioned report, which pulled back the curtain on the reality facing captive polar bears. It shines a light on the archaic, unethical, and damaging practice of keeping polar bears in zoos; and reveals that, sadly, 37 years on from our original report, very little has changed.
About Us - Born Free
WEBOur History. In 1966, Virginia McKenna DBE and Bill Travers MBE starred in the classic wildlife film Born Free. The film told the true story of conservationists Joy and George Adamson who rescued a lioness cub called Elsa and successfully returned her to the wild. Virginia and Bill went on to make several wildlife films together, including in ...