page_title: Carla Lane
section_title: Animal welfare
hierarchical_section_title: Carla Lane / Animal welfare
caption_attribution_description: English: St Tudwal's Island East. A lonely Shag stands sentinel....St Tudwal's Island West visible behind
context_page_description: Romana Barrack, known professionally as Carla Lane, OBE, was an English television writer responsible for several successful sitcoms, including The Liver Birds, Butterflies and Bread.
  Lane was described as "the television writer who dared to make women funny"; much of her work focused on strong women characters, including "frustrated housewives and working class matriarchs". In later years she became well known as an animal welfare advocate.
context_section_description: Lane had been a vegetarian dedicated to the care and welfare of animals since 1965, She established the "Animal Line" trust in 1990 with her friends Rita Tushingham and Linda McCartney. In 1991, she bought Saint Tudwal's Island East off the coast of Wales, to protect its wildlife. In 1993, Lane converted the grounds of her mansion, Broadhurst Manor in Horsted Keynes, Sussex, into a 25-acre animal sanctuary. She operated the sanctuary for 15 years before having to close operations due to financial constraints.
  In 2002, Lane returned her OBE to then prime minister Tony Blair in protest against animal cruelty. In 2013, an animal sanctuary named after her was opened in Melling, Merseyside.
caption: St. Tudwal's Island East (foreground), known for its wildlife and purchased by Lane
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