Tag: Born Free

Born Free Launches Campaign To Protect Lions In Kenya

Stuart Mitchell

It’s no secret that lion populations are declining. In fact, in just the last century, the population across Africa has declined by nearly 97%, with many reports suggesting that wild lions would be extinct by 2020. Lions are already extinct in 26 African countries, but while the species may have survived that imminent deadline, with just 20,000 remaining, Born Free is urging the public to help turn these horrifying statistics around. If their decline continues at the same rate, lions could be extinct by 2031.  It’s not all doom and gloom…

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Born Free USA Presents “A Celebration of Wildlife” Fundraising Event for U.S. Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Stuart Mitchell

Born Free USA, a global leader in animal welfare and wildlife conservation, is hosting a major fundraising event, “A Celebration of Wildlife,” on Thursday, September 27, from 6:30 – 9:00 PM at Joao – West Hollywood Bar at The Jeremy. The event will raise money to support Born Free USA’s Primate Sanctuary in south Texas, the largest primate sanctuary in the United States, and the organization’s ongoing campaigns to protect wildlife from the illegal wildlife trade, trophy hunting, captivity, the fur industry, and trapping and to defend the Endangered Species…

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WCRS and Born Free highlighting the elephant crises in Africa with striking OOH and social campaign

Stuart Mitchell

One elephant is killed in Africa every 25 minutes. That works out to be 55 in a single day. If this is to continue, there will be no more elephants in the wild within two decades. World Elephant Day, is a day dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world’s elephants. However, with every year that passes the presence of elephants in the world declines. This is due to the brutality and persistence of poachers, fuelled by the ivory trade. This is simply, a fact that people need to…

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