elephant.co.uk
elephant.co.uk is Britain’s first on-line insurance service, making car insurance a lot more fun and a lot less hassle from quote to claim. elephant.co.uk linked up with Born Free in 2000, to give long term support to our Elefriends project and in April 2000 donated a vital £17,000 to our ‘Stop the Clock’ anti-ivory trade campaign.
Now elephant.co.uk contributes funds to a wide variety of Born Free projects, including the Elephant Transit Home in Sri Lanka and anti-poaching patrols in Zimbabwe.
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ELEPHANT.CO.UK SPONSOR ‘WILD&LIVE’
Through both their sponsorship, and the generous donation of the Elephant Inspire Choir on November 14th 2009, elephant.co.uk helped make the ‘Wild & Live’ concert at the Royal Albert Hall, to celebrate 25 years of the Born Free Foundation, a huge success.
The choir was established to help improve staff motivation, increase productivity and improve business results. Led by Georgina Jones of ‘Sing and Inspire’, the choir is comprised of around 50 members across a number of departments.
CYPRUS LEOPARD RELOCATION
In May 2009. the Born Free Foundation undertook the rescue of the three leopards from Limassol zoo in Cyprus. With the help of elephant.co.uk, who generously contributed £5,000 to the project, the leopards were relocated to the Born Free Foundation’s Big Cat Rescue Center on Shamwari Game Reserve, South Africa.
For the first time ever, 19 year old Leda, and her two 11 year old daughters, Roxanne and Rhea, felt fresh grass beneath their paws. The inadequate, barren, concrete floored cage they had been held captive in for years was finally a thing of the past, as they embarked on a new life, back where they truly belong – in the wild.
Anti Poaching Unit - Zimbabwe
The Anti Poaching Unit sponsored by elephant.co.uk since 2003, continues to be very active and essential for the protection of wild animals in the area. With elephant.co.uk’s help, Born Free has joined together with Tusk Trust and purchased a land Rover for the Painted Dog Conservation Project. Thousands of wire snares have been removed, and hundreds of lives saved.
Elephant Transit Home (ETH) – Sri Lanka
The new kitchen at the ETH which will be used to prepare milk for the orphan elephants, has been completed. This will make the storage and preparation easier for the staff and much more hygienic. The kitchen is an invaluable, long needed requirement for the welfare of the orphaned elephant babies at ETH. Find out more about the Elephant Transit Home.
Another important elephant.co.uk contribution to a groundbreaking conservation / welfare project!
- (c) M Daines
- The new elephant kitchen funded thanks to elephant.co.uk
Three Lion Rescue and the Jean Byrd Education and Rescue Centre
- Patron Martin Shaw, Virginia McKenna, Shamwari's Adrian Gardiner and Trustee Jenny Seagrove, with elephant.co.uk's Ceri Assirati at the opening of the elephant.co.uk enclosure
The continuing support from elephant.co.uk has contributed towards the rescues of three French circus lions, Djunka, Nala and Shada, the building of their enclosure at Shamwari, South Africa, and the development of the Born Free Foundation Jean Byrd Animal Rescue and Education Centre. Find out more about the animal and rescue centre.
Staff Fundraising
Staff at elephant.co.uk have always been great at raising funds for Born Free, as well as their company contributions. In 2006 they added a creative streak to their fundraising with one brave employee wearing her wedding dress to work on National Wedding Dress day, plus a ‘Back to School’ staff tuckshop.
Other projects supported by elephant.co.uk:
- Born Free’s ‘Stop the Clock’ anti-ivory trade campaign
- Youth For Conservation anti snaring project, Kenya
- Building the Intensive Care Unit at the Elephant Transit Home, Sri Lanka
- Rescue and relocation of Achee (the lioness) to Shamwari.
- The Colobus Trust, Kenya
- West Kilimanjaro Project, Tanzania
- Anti-poaching unit Zimbabwe
- Sponsor of the Snare Art Exhibition at Christies in January 2005, in aid of the Painted Dog Conservation Project.
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