You Can Help Us Save 25,000 Animals!
Born Free Foundation celebrated its 25th anniversary in style last year, with a fantastic concert at the Royal Albert Hall on the 14th November. Not only was this special evening an opportunity to reflect on Born Free’s wonderful achievements over the past quarter of a century, it was also be a chance to look forward to the challenges ahead - and raise vital funds to tackle those challenges.
Born Free takes action worldwide to protect threatened species and stop individual animal suffering. The funds raised from the 25th anniversary concert will be distributed among 25 wildlife conservation and animal welfare projects identified by Born Free – 25 projects which are helping to save at least 25,000 individual animals!
To understand more about Born Free’s work, and to see which projects will benefit from funds raised, follow the links below:
Species: Tiger (Panthera tigris)
Location: Satpuda forests of Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra, Central India
Threat: Poaching for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and loss of habitat
Action: Protecting tigers in their natural habitat
Read more about how Born Free help save tigers
Species: African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Location: Sub-Saharan Africa
Threat: Poaching, global ivory trade and habitat loss
Action: Protecting wild elephants and lobbying for ivory trade ban
Read more about how Born Free help save African elephants
Species: Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Location: Sri Lanka
Threat: Human-elephant conflict and loss of habitat
Action: Rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing Sri Lankan elephants and reducing conflict
Read more about how Born Free help save Asian elephants
Species: Baboon (Papio spp.)
Location: Zambia and Malawi
Threat: Poaching, gross animal suffering in poor captive conditions and illegal pet trade
Action: Rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing baboons
Read more about how Born Free help save baboons
Species: Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)
Location: Afroalpine habitat pockets in the highlands of Ethiopia
Threat: Rabies outbreak and human population growth, hybridisation with domestic dogs
Action: Rabies control, habitat protection, public education
Read more about how Born Free help save Ethiopian wolves
Species: Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri)
Location: Kahuzi Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo
Threat: Poaching for bushmeat / pet trade and habitat loss
Action: Anti-poaching, community education and support
Read more about how Born Free help save gorillas
Species: Lion (Panthera leo)
Location: South Africa, Malawi, Ethiopia and Europe
Threat: Poor captive conditions, sport hunting, habitat loss and persecution
Action: Rescuing lions and providing lifetime care; reducing human impact on wild lions
Read more about how Born Free help save lions
Species: Moon bear (also known as Asiatic black bear) (Ursus thibetanus)
Location: China and Vietnam
Threat: Incarceration of bears for bear bile trade
Action: Rescuing moon bears and providing lifetime care
Read more about how Born Free help save Moon bears
Species: Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Location: Kenya And Tanzania
Threat: Habitat loss and poaching with snares
Action: Translocation projects; improving in-situ protection for giraffes
Read more about how Born Free help save giraffes
Species: Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Location: Uganda and Cameroon
Threat: Poaching for bushmeat and illegal trade
Action: Rescuing, rehabilitating and providing sanctuary for chimpanzees and preventing illegal trade
Read more about how Born Free help save chimpanzees
Species: Five species of marine turtle
Location: Tanzania and Indonesia
Threat: Poaching, pollution and illegal trade
Action: Improving in-situ protection for wild turtles and preventing illegal trade
Read more about how Born Free help save marine turtles
Species: Wild animals in European zoos
Location: Throughout Europe
Threat: Gross animal suffering in poor captive conditions that do not reach EU legislative standards
Action: Ensuring through membership of ENDCAP proper application and enforcement of EU Zoo Legislation
Read more about how Born Free work to prevent animal suffering in zoos
Species: Bush baby (Galago spp.)
Location: Malawi
Threat: Illegal pet trade
Action: Rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing bushbabies
Read more about how Born Free help save bush babies
Species: Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Location: Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Threat: Habitat fragmentation and consequential human-orangutan conflict
Action: Supporting ground-breaking research into human-orangutan conflict
Read more about how Born Free help save orangutans
Species: Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious)
Location: Mzima Springs, Kenya
Threat: Drought and habitat degradation
Action: Emergency food supply
Read more about how Born Free help save hippos
Species: Leopard (Panthera pardus)
Location: South Africa
Threat: Gross animal suffering in poor captive conditions
Action: Rescuing leopards and providing lifetime care
Read more about how Born Free help save leopards
Species: Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Location: Churchill, Canada
Threat: Human-bear conflict
Action: Rescuing and releasing orphan polar bears and research into the impact of polar bear tourism
Read more about how Born Free helps save polar bears
Species: Vervet (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
Location: Zambia and Malawi
Threat: Poaching, gross animal suffering in poor captive conditions and illegal pet trade
Action: Rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing vervets
Read more about how Born Free help save vervets
Species: Orca (Orcinus orca)
Location: Waters of the "Inside Passage" of northern Vancouver Island, Canada
Threat: Chemical and acoustic pollution
Action: Supporting the longest field study of wild orca
Read more about how Born Free help save orcas
Species: Andean Cat (Leopardus jacobita)
Location: High Andes, South America
Threat: Habitat loss and consequential human-cat conflict
Action: Improving conservation within existing protected areas and encouraging more tolerance from communities
Read more about how Born Free help save Andean cats
Species: African and Asian elephant, lion, tiger and other wild animals in circuses
Location: UK-wide
Threat: Animal suffering in poor captive conditions
Action: Lobbying for an end to the use of wild animals in circuses in the UK
Read more about how Born Free is preventing animal suffering in the UK
Species: Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Location: Ethiopia
Threat: Illegal pet trade and gross animal suffering in poor captive conditions
Action: Rescuing cheetah from poor conditions and providing lifetime care
Read more about how Born Free helps save cheetahs
Species: Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus)
Location: Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
Threat: Habitat loss and poaching
Action: Improving in-situ protection for lemurs and their habitat
Read more about how Born Free help save lemurs
Species: Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Location: Northwest Argentina
Threat: Persecution by local communities and habitat loss
Action: Mitigating negative impacts on wild jaguars
Read more about how Born Free help save jaguars
Species: Dugong (Dugong dugon)
Location: Tanzania
Threat: Drowning in gillnets
Action: Working in partnership with local coastal communities to protect dugongs and their habitat
Read more about how Born Free help save dugongs
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