Born Free believes that every individual animal matters. Inspired by the Academy Award®-winning film Born Free, we work locally, nationally, and internationally on the conservation front-lines, in communities, classrooms, courtrooms, and the halls of Congress, to end wild animal cruelty and suffering and protect threatened wildlife.
Our Work
Our campaign areas are: Animals in Captivity, Trapping, Fur Trade, the Endangered Species Act, and Wildlife Trade. We do work in Central and West Africa and Canada.
Primate Sanctuary
Born Free also operates the largest Primate Sanctuary in the United States. The 186-acre sanctuary, located in south Texas, provides a safe, permanent home to 494 monkeys, many rescued from abuse in roadside zoos or as pets in private homes or retired from research. Our mission at the Sanctuary is to provide monkeys as high a quality of life as we can. Currently, there are eight species of monkey at the Primate Sanctuary: bonnet macaque, long-tailed macaque, pig-tailed macaque, rhesus macaque, stump-tailed macaque, Japanese macaque, olive baboon, and hamadryas baboon.
Animal Databases
Born Free maintains two animal databases:
Non-Target Trapping Incidents Database This database catalogs non-target trapping incidents in the U.S. involving dogs, cats, endangered species, and even humans who fall victims to traps.
Captive Exotic Animals Incidents Database This database catalogs attacks on humans, attacks on other animals, and escapes by exotic animals in the U.S.
