Born Free £ GBP ADOPT DONATE SHOP SUBSCRIBE OPEN MENU OUR CELEBRITY SUPPORTERS We are delighted to be supported by a number of high-profile Patrons who share our determination to bring about positive change for wild animals and actively champion our projects and campaigns. Celebrity supporters enable us to reach out to the public, the media and our corporate sponsors, which helps hundreds of thousands of animals worldwide. We are hugely grateful to many celebrities including: Joanna Lumley OBE – Born Free Founder Patron If you think about it for even a moment, it must become clear that keeping animals in cages is utterly wrong. We have access to films of amazing beauty and detail; no animal should be kept confined simply to satisfy our curiosity. And no creature should be killed for its scales or fur, tusks or horns, skins or body parts when we have ready alternatives all around us. Wild life should be allowed to live in the wild, uncontaminated by humans and protected as far as we can, in the seas and mountains, deserts and forests, and woodlands and waysides. Until we start treating other species as the equals they assuredly are, we shall slide towards a dreadful future in a bald and sterile planet. I love Born Free because at its brave heart is the welfare of animals and the protection of their habitats, whilst caring for the people who surround them. Don’t turn your back: this is our problem and responsibility, yours and mine; with Born Free leading the way, let us make it our pride and joy. Kirsty Gallacher – Born Free Patron Introducing our newest Patron, journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher. Kirsty is proud to support Born Free’s rescue and relocation work, including our most recent appeal to help Sandro, The Real Tiger King. I am so proud to be a Patron of Born Free, an incredible charity which I have supported for many years. I feel so passionately about their work to make sure animals are treated with compassion and respect and I am committed to help raise awareness of exploitation and the often shocking reality of captivity. Mollie King - Born Free Patron I am absolutely thrilled to be a Born Free Patron. The whole team do such worthwhile work, but there is always more to do. I want to do all that I can to help shine a light on the reality of captivity for wild animals. From zoos to animal encounter tourist activities to people keeping wild animals as pets. Seeing a wild animal locked up in an unnatural habitat breaks my heart, I’m so grateful Born Free exists and is doing everything it can to end the exploitation of wild animals across the planet and give them a safe home. Gaby Roslin - Born Free Patron I am honoured and proud to have been invited to become a Patron of this charity. For years and years I have quietly supported their work and now to be able to stand up and be a part of Born Free means the world to me. Dan Richardson - Born Free Patron I love Born Free because everything they do is built on a solid foundation of compassion and integrity. For their ‘compassionate conservation’ philosophy, whereby every individual animal matters. Because of the credibility and respect they’ve rightly earned over the decades by understanding the bigger picture and supporting and implementing holistic, effective conservation strategies. Jenny Seagrove – Born Free Trustee Born Free leads the way in compassionate conservation and change with its desire to see all wild animals back and flourishing in the wild. Thank God for BFF! Nicky Campbell OBE - Born Free Patron Born Free is a great organisation with people who care passionately about what they do. They make a real difference and are such an important voice to remind people what we have and what we are in danger of losing. I am also very fond of the song. James Lewis - Born Free Patron Born Free stands for everything I do, everything I believe. Virginia McKenna is a deeply and increasingly inspiring person, whether you’re talking to her personally or hearing her speak to a roomful of people. Her passion, her energy. She would never say something is too much trouble. I always remember the boy who threw a stranded fish back into the sea. ‘Why did you bother?’ he was asked, ‘there are countless other stranded fish’. ‘But it’s made a difference to that one’ he replied. It’s so important. Caring for individuals. This is exactly what Born Free is all about. It’s exactly how my parents and grandparents brought me up. Rula Lenska - Born Free Patron Born Free does all their work with tremendous passion, they never let up and never give in. Virginia is a beacon of hope, a great wonderful earth mother who should be a Dame of the British Empire by now. Will, her son, who with the same passion and determination has taken on the mantle from his parents. Born Free is an organisation that has made a huge difference and a force to be reckoned with. I am proud to be part of the family. Born Free has been my inspiration since its conception.. growing from strength to strength with its dedicated passionate team led by the wonderful Virginia and Will it is a shining example of charity work that is always true to its ethics. I am proud to be part of this amazing team! Lauren St John - Born Free Patron Lauren has supported our work for over 10 years. She is an award-winning children's author with a passion for our planet and wildlife. She joined us on our leopard rescue from Limassol Zoo to our big cat sanctuary in South Africa, and watched lion brothers Jora and Black arrive at London Gatwick Airport on their way from Bulgaria to South Africa. Nick Knowles - Born Free Patron I have worked alongside Born Free for over ten years now and their presence in the vanguard of the fight to protect endangered and misused animals around the world is truly inspiring. There is much to do and Born Free are busy every day on so many fronts doing what’s required and more. Helen Worth - Born Free Patron We sometimes relate more easily to the plight of individual animals, which helps us understand the needs of the species as a whole. I love the fact that Born Free considers everything important. UPDATE DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX Sign up to get the latest Born Free news about our work and how you can help, delivered straight to your inbox. SIGN UP NEWS NEW FRENCH LAW TO PROVIDE GREATER P... 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