Born Free Foundation - We Are Born Free - Since 1984 we have …
网页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.
The History of Born Free: Wildlife Charity Since 1984
网页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 ...
Remembering Bill Travers MBE - Born Free
网页2019年3月29日 · 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.
Our Co-Founders - Born Free
网页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.
Q&a: dangerous wild animal ownership in the uk - Born Free
网页2021年4月1日 · 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.
Adopt An Animal Today - Born Free
网页Supporting 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.
Dangerous Wild Animals Map - Born Free
网页Born 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!
Why do elephants have trunks… and what are they for?
网页2023年8月12日 · An elephant’s trunk is essential for communication, elephants have a range of gestures they use their trunks for, including lifting it high to show a perceived threat, slapping their trunks when facing a predator and intertwining trunks with other elephants to show reassurance, kindness and affection. Most vocalisations elephants make are ...
Exposing ‘exotic pet’ ownership in the UK - Born Free
网页2024年2月22日 · New data, published by Born Free, exposes the shocking number of dangerous wild animals being kept legally as ‘pets’ in the UK. Today, we call for urgent action to tighten legislation to minimise risk to the public and safeguard the welfare of wild animals. Our research, which was carried out in 2023, …
Learn About Born Free’s Heritage in Wildlife Rescue
网页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 ...