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 ...
Our Co-Founders - Born Free
WEBVirginia 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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Contact Us - Born Free
WEBEmail: [email protected]. Born Free USA. PO Box 32160. Washington. DC 20007. Tel: +1 202 450 3168. Find contact details for the Born Free team, submit an enquiry or subscribe to our newsletter.
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.
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.