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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.
News & Updates - Born Free
Born Free has rescued a critically injured cheetah cub and launched an urgent appeal to raise funds for her care, as she fights for life in Ethiopia.
Everything you need to know about polar bears - Born Free
Polar bear behaviour. Polar bears live for 20-25 years. Females mature at around 4 to 5 years. After a gestation of between, 195 to 265 days, it is most common for mothers to produce to twin cubs, but single and triplet litters do occur.
Abnormal behaviour in captive animals: What is zoochosis?
ZOOCHOSIS: DID YOU KNOW? In 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’.
We will never forget you - Born Free
2024年10月17日 · Today is poignant for Born Free, as we especially think about a little elephant who died at London Zoo, on this day, in 1983. Pole Pole was just 17 when she died, yet elephants in the wild can live for 60 years or more.
British members of monkey torture group given jail time
2024年11月14日 · Born Free has been deeply saddened by the development of a shocking and disturbing case of extreme animal cruelty. 37-year-old Holly Le Gresley, and Adrianna Orme who is 56, were implicated in the commissioning, viewing and distribution of sickening videos, in which infant macaques were depicted being ‘tortured to order’, following a wide investigation of around 20 people across Indonesia ...
Happy birthday Virginia! - Born Free
2024年6月7日 · June is a special and emotional month for me and all at Born Free, as we celebrate the 93 rd birthday of Dame Virginia McKenna – or as I prefer to call her, my Mum.. It was 40 years ago this year, that, together with my late father, Bill, we sat around the kitchen table, wondering how to respond to the senseless destruction of Pole Pole, the young female elephant at …
New report shines light on the suffering of pet macaques
2023年9月15日 · As part of the Asia for Animals Coalition, Born Free has helped compile an important new report exposing the horrific exploitation of pet macaques for social media.
Baby gorilla rescue - Born Free
2024年11月15日 · Supported by Born Free since August, Ape Action Africa is devoted to the conservation and rescue of gorillas, and other primates. Gorillas are extremely sensitive, especially when orphaned, but the organisation is expert at …
Everything you need to know about giraffes - Born Free
Where do giraffes live? Across their range giraffes utilise open woodlands, wooded grasslands or shrublands and savannahs. Within these habitats, giraffe consume leaves and twigs from over 100 different tree and shrub species, but prefer acacia, as well as grass and fruit.