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Virginia McKenna DBE is a wildlife campaigner, actress and author, well known for starring as conservationist Joy Adamson in the 1966 film Born Free with her late husband Bill Travers MBE. Deeply immersed in animal conservation and welfare issues, Virginia co-founded Born Free in 1984 alongside her husband Bill and eldest son Will Travers OBE.
- Born Free founder Virginia McKenna receives Damehood
One of wildlife’s greatest champions, Virginia McKenna OBE,...
- Happy birthday Virginia! - Born Free
Born Free’s Executive President, Will Travers OBE, pays...
- Born Free founder Virginia McKenna receives Damehood
10 maj 2023 · One of wildlife’s greatest champions, Virginia McKenna OBE, has today been awarded her Damehood at Windsor Castle. The honour, conferred by The Prince of Wales, is in recognition of her work for Wild Animal Welfare and Compassionate Conservation.
7 cze 2024 · Born Free’s Executive President, Will Travers OBE, pays tribute to his remarkable mother, our charity’s Co-Founder Dame Virginia McKenna, on her 93rd birthday.
She is best known for the films A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Born Free (1966), and Ring of Bright Water (1969), as well as her work with the Born Free Foundation. [2]
The Born Free Foundation is an international wildlife charity that campaigns to "Keep Wildlife in the Wild". [1] It protects wild animals in their natural habitat, campaigns against the keeping of wild animals in captivity and rescues wild animals in need.
19 paź 2023 · In the past half century, figures have emerged leading the movement to educate us, and create lasting change – and one of the figureheads of this has been Virginia McKenna OBE, Founder of the Born Free Foundation. I caught up with Virginia to learn more about humanity’s relationship with animals.
Virginia McKenna, the star of 'Born Free', co-founded the Born Free Foundation with her husband Bill Travers in 1984. The Foundation works to protect wild animals from captivity and exploitation in zoos and circuses, and supports field conservation projects in Africa.
