Born Free Foundation
The Born Free Foundation is a UK- based animal welfare organization committed to wildlife and nature conservation and seeking to close zoos and circuses . It has its origins in the Zoo Check Campaign founded by the actor couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers together with their son in 1984.
organization
The Born Free Foundation is committed to endangered wildlife species in their natural environment and in captivity. She attaches great importance to the protection of animals as individuals and the environment as a whole. At the same time, she is committed to increasing public awareness that wild animals can remain in their natural habitats. This also includes the abolition of zoos.
In 1966 McKenna and Travers worked together on the film Born Free . Affected by the situation of wild animals, they began to speak out in favor of wild animals and against zoos through several films and documentaries. In 1984 the Zoo Check Campaign was founded . This was followed by the official establishment of the Born Free Foundation on July 20, 1998.
Born Free Foundation's managing director is the son of the two founders, Will Travers. The head office is in Great Britain. It is recognized as a registered charity in England and Wales.
Born Free works worldwide with animal rights activists within various networks. These include The Ape Alliance , ENDCAP , The Great Apes Survival Project , The People & Wildlife initiative , The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance , Species Survival Network and The International Tiger Coalition .
Campaigns
As an umbrella organization, the Born Free Foundation now controls several campaigns in parallel. These are the Zoo Check Campaign , Elefriends Campaign , Wolf Campaign , Marine Campaign , Primate Campaign , Big Cat Campaign , and the Bear Campaign .
Zoo Check Campaign
The Zoo Check Campaign (German: Zoo review campaign ) is at the center of Born Free's efforts. The aim of the campaign is to stop the suffering of captive animals. To this end, circuses and zoos are to be phased out.
Together with Endcap, Born Free developed the EU Zoo Inquiry in 2011 . According to the company, this is an independent study to evaluate the implementation of EU Directive 1999/22 in connection with the keeping of wild animals in zoos. This directive was put into effect by most of the EU member states in 2005 (and finally by Bulgaria and Romania in 2007). The investigation includes, among other things, an assessment of national law, law enforcement and compliance with the directive of a selected number of zoos in 21 Member States.
More campaigns
- Elefriend Campaign (dt. Ele-friend campaign ): combating the trafficking of ivory and the capture of elephants for zoos
- Wolf Campaign (dt. Wolf campaign ), protection of the Ethiopian wolf
- Marine Campaign (dt. Sea Campaign ): protection of various marine mammals, turtles and sharks, abolition of dolphinariums
- Primate Campaign (dt. Primates campaign ): elimination of the consumption of bushmeat and trade in exotic animals
- Big Cat Campaign (dt. Big Cats Campaign ): sanctuaries for big cats .
- Bear Campaign (dt. Bear Campaign ): Elimination of keeping bears.
supporter
The organization has already received support from Bryan Adams , Gabriella Cilmi , Mutya Buena , Joanna Lumley and many other celebrities.
Finances
According to the annual report, the financial resources in 2010 (April 1 to March 31) were £ 4,808,211 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bornfree.org.uk/about-us/mission-statement/
- ↑ Page of the management ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1070906&SubsidiaryNumber=0
- ↑ EU Zoo Inquiry
- ↑ Annual Report 2010 (pdf) ( Memento of the original dated June 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
