Born Free Foundation - Keep Wildlife in the Wild

Born Free’s Elephant project was set up in 1989 when reports showed 200 elephants a day were being slaughtered for ivory.  Today it fights the ivory trade in Africa and Asia and campaigns against captivity.

Born Free’s Elephant Project:

• Protects wild elephants and their habitat
• Fights the brutal ivory trade
• Exposes the plight of captive elephants
• Helps care for rescued elephants

Born Free Elephant Achievements:

• Huge campaign and press coverage helped ensure an international ivory trade ban (1989); our 1.9 million name petition ensured it was upheld (1992) 
  
• Support of the world’s longest wild elephant study, by Cynthia Moss, Amboseli National Park, Kenya (since 1992)
• The Ele-Truck mobile vehicle repair unit to maintain anti-poaching patrol unit vehicles in Africa (1990)
• The East 17 elephant translocation vehicle, moving elephants from areas of conflict to safe havens within Kenya (1995)
• The return of Nina the elephant to the wild, supported by Martin Clunes and watched by 13 million BBC viewers (1997)
• Kenya’s largest ever elephant relocation, moving 29 threatened animals to a new home (2000)
• Successfully campaigning to stop London Zoo keeping elephants, ending a 172-year era (2003)
• Publishing ‘Tip of the Tusk’, one of the most comprehensive complilations of elephant poaching and ivory smuggling data (2004)
• Major event Elephants – The Big Picture raised funds and awareness at the Royal Geographical Society (2006) more >