Abnormal behaviour in captive animals: What is zoochosis?
WEBZoochosis is a stereotypic behaviour for wild animals in captivity. Find out the causes & how it affects animal welfare.
Remembering Bill Travers MBE - Born Free
WEBMar 29, 2019 · REMEMBERING BILL TRAVERS MBE. 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.
Dangerous Wild Animals Map - Born Free
WEBDangerous Wild Animals Map. 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 ...
Everything you need to know about leopards - Born Free
WEBLeopards tend to be shy animals, being very elusive. Leopards have several forms of communication, although the vocalisations (sounds they make) are limited. Leopards may roar, saw (also known as coughing or rasping), chuff, growl, purr, grunt and mew (by cubs and juveniles). The main method of communication is with scents.
Baboons - Born Free
WEBBorn Free aims to protect baboons from illegal ownership and conflict with local communities in Zambia and Ethiopia, helping them better understand laws around baboon and monkey ownership and welfare. In addition, we work with communities in Ethiopia living alongside wild baboons to reduce conflict, supporting both baboon and human communities.
Killing of super tuskers sparks debate - Born Free
WEBMay 1, 2024 · Trophy hunting is a hot topic at the moment. Two news stories in particular are fuelling a heated debate: one concerns the legal killing of ‘super-tuskers’ in northern Tanzania, earlier this year in January, and more recently in April – these are well-known elephants whose lives have been studied for decades by scientists in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, where trophy hunting is not ...
Everything you need to know about hippos - Born Free
WEBBoth species have a large barrel shaped body, short legs, a paddle like tail and a large head. Their skin is a grey-brown colour except for the underside, which is pale pink. Whilst hippos are semi-aquatic mammals, they can’t breathe underwater, swim or float. However, they have adaptations to their semi-aquatic environment: they have webbed ...
Everything you need to know about lions - Born Free
WEBWildlife Trade. Every year, young lions and lion cubs are brutally shot, trapped, poisoned and mutilated, or kept in appalling conditions to be traded by criminal networks. Tackling the illegal trade requires an international response and Born Free and its affiliates have been exposing the impacts of wildlife trafficking for many years.
Youth Ambassadors: Bella Lack - Born Free
WEBI hope that I am able to support Born Free by engaging others in the wonderful work they do and helping different causes by fundraising and educating my generation on how we can be stewards for wildlife. INTERVIEW WITH BELLA BELLA INTERVIEWS ZAC GOLDSMITH GENERATION ACTIVISM. Meet Bella Lack, former Born Free Youth Ambassador.
The History of Born Free: Wildlife Charity Since 1984
WEBOur History. In 1964, actress Virginia McKenna DBE and her husband, actor Bill Travers MBE, went to Kenya to make and star in what would become a wildlife classic, Born Free. The film was based on Joy Adamson’s best-selling book of the same name – the extraordinary tale of how she and her husband George raised Elsa, an orphaned lion cub ...