Vague Rules Mean Animals Suffer In EU ZoosNGOs Nov 13, 2008
ENDCAP and fellow NGO Born Free Foundation took their message this week to the European Parliament in Brussels, where the two groups showed footage of zoo animals in Romania, Spain and Bulgaria living in what they called poor conditions. "They are not stimulated so they start developing kinds of abnormal behaviour like pacing, rocking. Some animals pull their feathers or hair out. Some actually go into self-mutilation," ENDCAP coordinator Daniel Turner said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Controversial legal ivory sale raises $1.2M Oct 29, 2008
The sale "will stimulate, not satisfy, the massive demand for ivory in countries like China," Will Travers, chief executive of the Born Free Foundation, told CNN. "It will do nothing to re-educate customers (in China and Japan) that buying ivory is signing an elephant's death warrant.". The four auctions taking place over the next two weeks may also encourage other countries with elephant populations to hold their own ivory sales, especially now that they have seen the proceeds Tuesday's sale... (CNN -- World)
Lowland gorilla numbers plummet Aug 7, 2008
"There's all sorts of things being done, but it's logistically a very difficult place to work," said David Jay, project co-ordinator at the Born Free Foundation. "Ideally, you wouldn't ban the coltan mining, because it's a very poor area and you don't want to deny people a livelihood. But you want to make sure it's being done in a sustainable way.". (BBC News -- Science)
Josie Russell marks 21st birthday Mar 28, 2008
In 2006, she won a campaigner of the year award for her work with wildlife charity the Born Free Foundation for helping release three circus lions into a reserve in Africa. The One Life programe next week looks at her journey since that day in July 1996. (BBC News -- UK)
What are zoos for? Jan 9, 2008
And they make polar bears neurotic, says Daniel Turner of the Born Free foundation, which campaigns against zoos. They pace up and down their enclosures, bobbing their heads and twisting their necks, he says. (BBC News -- UK)
What's the future for circus animals? Dec 8, 2007
"It's really inappropriate in this day and age to have wild animals shunted up and down the country from venue to venue, in and out of their beast wagons, in and out of the circus ring performing training," says Will Travers from the Born Free Foundation. "It just seems that belongs to a bygone era and it should be stopped.". (BBC News -- UK)
'Taiping Four' gorillas head home Nov 28, 2007
Their relocation follows years of lobbying by, among others, the Born Free Foundation, the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance, the International Primates Protection League, and the Last Great Ape Organisation. This amid arguments that the gorillas would be safer in SA, where they would be protected from poachers who might hunt them for meat. (iAfrica.com)
Circus lions 'no worse off' than zoo animals Nov 20, 2007
Photograph: Born Free Foundation. A report looking into the possibility of banning the use of lions and tigers as circus entertainment has found "little evidence" in support of outlawing the practice. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Simba, Tonga and the Taiping Four Aug 31, 2007
Simba and three lion pals were rescued from a failing zoo in Romania by the British-based Born Free Foundation and flown to South Africa this month. But the lions won't be heading off into the bush any time soon. (Globe and Mail -- International)
The tusk detective Jul 12, 2007
My organisation, the Born Free Foundation, together with Born Free USA, sponsored Sam to attend the CITES conference in The Hague in June and he quite simply blew people away with his research and the potential it has for fighting organised crime ... Will Travers CEO Born Free Foundation, President Born Free USA and President of the Species Survival Network. (Nature News Service)
In East Africa, your beef may be 'bushmeat' Jul 12, 2007
"The statistics suggest that nearly half the meat bought and sold from the 202 butcheries in the survey is either entirely or partly bushmeat," said the report by the Born Free Foundation. Saturday's haul and the KWS investigation suggest that the trade is still thriving -- something that Milton Njoroge, the officer in charge of Nairobi's popular Burma Market, freely acknowledges. (CNN -- World)
Africa Disagrees on Ivory Trade Jun 4, 2007
East Africa Born Free Foundation reported early this year that the data of seized ivory was a tip of the iceberg. Page 1 of 2. (allAfrica.com)
Do elephants intentionally kill their young? May 25, 2007
Ian Redmond, wildlife consultant with the Born Free Foundation and elephant expert, says Pori's behaviour will be influenced by what she learned about motherhood when she was growing up. "Elephants don't work on instinct," he says. (BBC News -- UK)
World Briefings: Kenyan farmers go on the hunt (Chris Tomlinson) Apr 26, 2007
Opposed are the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Born Free Foundation and ActionAid International. Page 1 of 2. (Washington Times, DC)
Top Savings Accounts For Kids! Apr 11, 2007
Savers will receive a free moneybox when they open the account, followed by a pencil case, notebook, pencil and ruler at 7, and a calculator at 11, and a donation will be made to the Born Free Foundation for every gift your child receives. What's more, if your child maintains a balance of over 50 over 12 months they will receive a cash bonus. (Sky News)
Celebrities bid to save hedgehogs Feb 20, 2007
Other personalities who have written to SNH asking it to stop the cull include actress and Born Free Foundation founder Virginia McKenna, actress Jenny Seagrove, actor John Challis and the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton. The Scottish SPCA last week announced that it had changed its policy and now supports UHR in calling for an end to the cull. (BBC News -- UK)
Hunters 'saving species' Jan 4, 2007
Will Travers, of the Born Free Foundation, said: I m totally opposed. For me an animal is a treasure alive and a carcass dead. (TimesOnline)
