Abnormal behaviour in captive animals: What is zoochosis?
WEBIn 1992, Bill Travers MBE, Co-Founder of Born Free, first coined the term ‘zoochosis’ to describe this obsessive, repetitive behaviour, and described zoo animals behaving abnormally as ‘zoochotic’. Born Free’s 1993 Zoochotic Report film, using more than three years of video observations in over 100 zoos in Europe, North America and ...
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Everything you need to know about zebras - Born Free
WEBAround the world, zebras are kept in captivity, as well as used for human entertainment in circuses and shows. Since 1984, Born Free has challenged the global zoo industry. We are wholly opposed to the use of wild animals in circuses and the exploitation of wild animals for entertainment, and campaign to end this cruelty. Born Free Foundation.
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.
Meet elsa’s pride - Born Free
WEBOct 23, 2018 · Born Free is working closely with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to safeguard the future of a pride of lions called ‘Elsa’s Pride’. The pride is named in honour of Elsa the lioness who successfully returned to the wild in 1958 by conservationists George and Joy Adamson, and featured in the classic film and book Born Free.Virginia McKenna OBE, Co-Founder and Trustee of Born Free, says ...
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 ...
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