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The Born Free Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It originated in 1984 as the "Zoo Check Campaign" by actors Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna Order of the British Empire is an England stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner.McKenna trained as an actress at the Central School of Speech and Drama then worked on stage in London's West End of London theatres before making her motion picture debut in 1952....
 her husband Bill Travers
Bill Travers

William Lindon-Travers was an England actor, screenwriter, director and an animal rights activist.Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England he and his sister Linden Travers both became actors....
 along with their son Will Travers and four associates.

McKenna and Travers had been greatly affected by the plight of wild animals after starring together in the 1966 film Born Free
Born Free

Born Free is an Open Road Films Ltd./Columbia Pictures feature film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy Adamson and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised an orphaned lion cub to adulthood, and released her into the wilds of Kenya....
 which told the true story of George
George Adamson

George Adamson , the "Baba ya Simba" of Africa, was one of the founding fathers of wildlife conservation and an author. He and his wife Joy Adamson are best known through the book and film Born Free, which is based on the true story of Elsa the lioness, an orphaned lioness cub they raised and later released into the wild....
 and Joy Adamson
Joy Adamson

Joy Adamson was a naturalist and author, best known for her book, Born Free , which described her experiences in raising Elsa the Lioness from cub to lioness....
 as they returned Elsa the Lioness
Elsa the lioness

Elsa the lioness was raised by game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy Adamson in Kenya. Elsa and her two sisters, 'Big One' and Lustica, first came under the care of the Adamsons when only a few weeks old....
 to the wilds of Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
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The Born Free Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It originated in 1984 as the "Zoo Check Campaign" by actors Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna Order of the British Empire is an England stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner.McKenna trained as an actress at the Central School of Speech and Drama then worked on stage in London's West End of London theatres before making her motion picture debut in 1952....
 her husband Bill Travers
Bill Travers

William Lindon-Travers was an England actor, screenwriter, director and an animal rights activist.Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England he and his sister Linden Travers both became actors....
 along with their son Will Travers and four associates.

McKenna and Travers had been greatly affected by the plight of wild animals after starring together in the 1966 film Born Free
Born Free

Born Free is an Open Road Films Ltd./Columbia Pictures feature film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy Adamson and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised an orphaned lion cub to adulthood, and released her into the wilds of Kenya....
 which told the true story of George
George Adamson

George Adamson , the "Baba ya Simba" of Africa, was one of the founding fathers of wildlife conservation and an author. He and his wife Joy Adamson are best known through the book and film Born Free, which is based on the true story of Elsa the lioness, an orphaned lioness cub they raised and later released into the wild....
 and Joy Adamson
Joy Adamson

Joy Adamson was a naturalist and author, best known for her book, Born Free , which described her experiences in raising Elsa the Lioness from cub to lioness....
 as they returned Elsa the Lioness
Elsa the lioness

Elsa the lioness was raised by game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy Adamson in Kenya. Elsa and her two sisters, 'Big One' and Lustica, first came under the care of the Adamsons when only a few weeks old....
 to the wilds of Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
. They appeared in several more films about animals and produced wildlife and anti-zoo documentaries for television.

The Foundation was officially established in 1991 and as an umbrella organisation it consists today of the Zoo Check Campaign, Elefriends Campaign, Wolf Campaign, Dolphin Campaign, Primate Campaign, Big Cat Campaign, and the Bear Campaign. It is a charity registered in England & Wales.

The Born Free Foundation undertakes animal welfare, conservation and public awareness campaigns to prevent animal abuse and to keep wildlife in its natural habitat. Its logo is a lion, which its website states is a likeness of Elsa.

The foundation has two big cat sanctuaries in South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
 at the Shamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape. Several lion and leopard have been rescued from appaling conditions all over the world and returned to their rightful home - Africa. The two sanctuaries also serve as education centres for school children from all over. Up to 500 scholars visit the centres each month.

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