WE ARE BORN FREE:

INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE & CONSERVATION CHARITY

We are a wildlife conservation charity that’s passionate about wild animal welfare and Compassionate Conservation.

Founded by Virginia McKenna, Will Travers and Bill Travers, we work tirelessly to stop the exploitation and suffering of individual animals living in captivity or in the wild. From the start, we’ve campaigned for a future where animals and people can co-exist and where threatened and endangered species are protected for generations to come.

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URGENT APPEAL: END WILDLIFE CONFLICT

Animals are dying because of human-wildlife conflict – we need your help to end this.

Conflict between the eight billion humans on our planet and its wildlife is growing at a devastating pace. Wild animals are being injured and tormented every day, and all too often it ends in tragedy on both sides.

We can end human-wildlife conflict, but only with your help.

Can you help with a gift today?

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POPULAR ANIMAL ADOPTIONS

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EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS AND HOME-EDUCATORS

Lions for Life

Help your students to learn about the vital ecological role lions play in their savannah habitats, the threats they face and what we can do to protect them. These brand-new resources, linking film content, PowerPoints and student activities, are suitable for KS3 and tailored to meet Geography, Biology and Ethics learning objectives.

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BORN FREE FOREVER

Now that Born Free’s bronze lions - created to honour our Co-Founder Bill Travers in our 2022 Year of the Lion - have completed their ‘safari for survival’ around the UK, we are pleased to announce that they have settled in at their new home – Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa, in Hampshire. 

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Raise the Red Flag for captive wild animals!

  • Report your eyewitness concerns about captive wild animals worldwide
  • Find out how you can take action to help wild animals in captivity
  • Search our interactive 'Red Flag' map

FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN HELP WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY     VIDEO MESSAGE: MOLLIE KING 

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