Born Free Foundation - We Are Born Free - Since 1984 we have …
Born 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.
About Us - Born Free
We Are Born Free. Founded by Virginia McKenna DBE, Will Travers OBE and Bill Travers MBE in 1984, we work tirelessly to stop the exploitation and suffering of wild animals, whether living in captivity or in the wild. From the start, we’ve campaigned for a future where animals and people can coexist and where threatened and endangered species ...
Our Work - Born Free
In the UK, our Education Programme aims to reach children and young people both in schools and out, instilling a love of wildlife and helping to encourage personal, local action to help protect wild animals. Find out about all of Born Free’s key areas of work, including conservation, education, wildlife rescue, animal welfare, wildlife trade ...
40 years of action for wild animals - Born Free
Please give a gift today. For 40 years Born Free has been a voice for wild animals. Thanks to your help, we’ve achieved so much, but sadly there is still more to be done. Today wild animals are imprisoned in zoos, hunted for their body parts, and struggling to survive in habitats that are under threat due to the growing climate crisis.
The History of Born Free: Wildlife Charity Since 1984
The 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 ...
Zoos & Aquaria - Born Free
Born Free opposes the exploitation of wild animals in zoos and aquaria. Since 1984, Born Free has challenged the global zoo industry and today we lead the movement against the captive exploitation of wild animals. We investigate and expose the animal welfare standards of zoos and their commitment to conservation.
Animals - Born Free
Born Free Foundation. 2nd Floor, Frazer House. 14 Carfax. Horsham. West Sussex. RH12 1ER. Find out fun facts and everything you need to know about the different species of wildlife Born Free protects.
Take Action for Wild Animals - Born Free
We capture the public imagination, change attitudes, inform and persuade decision-makers, and get results. Whether it’s fighting the commercial trade in and trafficking of wild animals, seeking an end to trophy hunting, or challenging the exploitation of wild animals in zoos and circuses, Born Free takes action on the front line for animals.
Our Co-Founders - Born Free
Virginia McKenna DBE is a wildlife campaigner, actress and author, well known for starring as conservationist Joy Adamson in the 1966 film Born Free with her late husband Bill Travers MBE. Deeply immersed in animal conservation and welfare issues, Virginia co-founded Born Free in 1984 alongside her husband Bill and eldest son Will Travers OBE.
Learn About Born Free’s Heritage in Wildlife Rescue
JOY ADAMSON. Pioneering naturalist, author and artist, Joy Adamson wrote bestselling book Born Free in 1960, based on her husband George Adamson’s diaries which told the story of her efforts to raise and rehabilitate orphaned lion cub, Elsa, and return her to the wild. In the film adaptation of Born Free, Joy was played by Virginia McKenna ...