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{{short description|British actor and activist}} | {{short description|British actor and activist}} | ||
{{other people||William Travers (disambiguation)}} | {{other people||William Travers (disambiguation)}} | ||
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==Animal rights campaigner== | ==Animal rights campaigner== | ||
The importance of animal rights led to Travers and his wife becoming involved in the "Zoo Check Campaign" in 1984 that evolved to their establishing the [[Born Free Foundation]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bornfree.org.uk/our-history|title=The History of Born Free|publisher=Born Free Foundation|access-date=24 June | The importance of animal rights led to Travers and his wife becoming involved in the "Zoo Check Campaign" in 1984 that evolved to their establishing the [[Born Free Foundation]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bornfree.org.uk/our-history|title=The History of Born Free|publisher=Born Free Foundation|access-date=24 June 2018}}</ref> | ||
Travers spent his last three years travelling around Europe's slum zoos and a TV documentary that he made exposed the appalling suffering of thousands of animals. | Travers spent his last three years travelling around Europe's slum zoos and a TV documentary that he made exposed the appalling suffering of thousands of animals. | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Travers died from a [[coronary thrombosis]] in his sleep at his home in the village of [[South Holmwood]], near [[Dorking]], Surrey, aged 72.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=55882|title=Travers, William Inglis Lindon [Bill] (1922–1994)}}</ref> <ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/01/obituaries/bill-travers-72-actor-who-starred-in-film-born-free.html |title=Bill Travers, 72, Actor Who Starred in Film 'Born Free' |author=Glenn Collins |date=1 April 1994 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> He was survived by his wife and children.<ref name=NYT/> His widow, Virginia McKenna, carries on his work to help suffering animals,<ref name="SNF">{{cite web |last1=Ghosh |first1=Shubhobroto |title=Meet Virginia McKenna |url=https://www.sanctuarynaturefoundation.org/article/meet-virginia-mckenna |website=Sanctuary Nature Foundation |access-date=26 December 2020 |date=2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref> as does their son, [[Will Travers]], who is president of the [[Born Free Foundation]].<ref name="BFF-CEO">{{cite web|url=http://www.bornfree.org.uk/about-us/staff/chief-executives-office/|title=Chief Executive's Office|publisher=[[Born Free Foundation]]|access-date=15 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928091416/http://www.bornfree.org.uk/about-us/staff/chief-executives-office/|archive-date=28 September | Travers died from a [[coronary thrombosis]] in his sleep at his home in the village of [[South Holmwood]], near [[Dorking]], Surrey, aged 72.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=55882|title=Travers, William Inglis Lindon [Bill] (1922–1994)}}</ref> <ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/01/obituaries/bill-travers-72-actor-who-starred-in-film-born-free.html |title=Bill Travers, 72, Actor Who Starred in Film 'Born Free' |author=Glenn Collins |date=1 April 1994 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> He was survived by his wife and children.<ref name=NYT/> His widow, Virginia McKenna, carries on his work to help suffering animals,<ref name="SNF">{{cite web |last1=Ghosh |first1=Shubhobroto |title=Meet Virginia McKenna |url=https://www.sanctuarynaturefoundation.org/article/meet-virginia-mckenna |website=Sanctuary Nature Foundation |access-date=26 December 2020 |date=2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref> as does their son, [[Will Travers]], who is president of the [[Born Free Foundation]].<ref name="BFF-CEO">{{cite web|url=http://www.bornfree.org.uk/about-us/staff/chief-executives-office/|title=Chief Executive's Office|publisher=[[Born Free Foundation]]|access-date=15 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928091416/http://www.bornfree.org.uk/about-us/staff/chief-executives-office/|archive-date=28 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Will Travers (@willtravers) {{!}} Twitter|url = https://twitter.com/willtravers|website = twitter.com|access-date = 2015-12-21|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
==Credits== | ==Credits== | ||