Born Free Kenya
- Ready for action, one of BF Kenya's Land Rovers, plus our elephant relocation truck.
As Alice Owen, Manager of Born Free Kenya, explains there are many aspects to Born Free’s work in Kenya:
"Our small team of seven works from an office in Nairobi. Wildlife protection is crucial and we support the removal of animal snares through partner organisations such as the Bill Woodley Mount Kenya Trust and Youth for Conservation. For this work the fleet of vehicles generously donated by Land Rover is invaluable.
On policy and lobbying, we are involved in campaigns for better conservation of wildlife, for example fighting the illegal downgrading of Amboseli National Park to a ‘National Reserve’. Plus we have successfully lobbied against a deal to export 175 wild animals to Chiang Mai Night Safari in Thailand. We also sit on a government Steering Committee reviewing the country’s Wildlife Conservation and Management Policy.
Awareness-raising is being achieved in several ways, including the production of a film called Mizoga (‘Carcasses’) that promotes our fight against the cruel and illegal bushmeat trade. Through the film, and by sponsoring a conservation category through Eve magazine’s Woman of the Year awards, we are reaching middle-class urban residents, who have wealth and influence to change attitudes and policies, but are often poorly informed.
Our thriving Global Friends programme is a community fund supported by individuals and institutions in the UK. We have undertaken school renovations and distributed emergency food aid and mosquito nets (see below) in the Shimba Hills and Amboselii, both areas where people come into conflict with wildlife.
Through the Mount Elgon Elephant Monitoring Project on the Kenya-Uganda border, we support a team of rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service using GPS¹ to record elephant movements. Information is analysed to help better understand how to manage and protect this population of elephants, world-famous for their underground salt-mining."
You can help
To support our work in Kenya, to write letters to influence key policy issues, raise funds for a particular project, or contribute your own ideas for future initiatives, please contact Alice.
Alice Owen
Born Free Kenya Manager
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