Unbound
Unbound is a multimedia documentary project co-founded by acclaimed photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur (We Animals, The Ghosts in Our Machine) and Dr. Keri Cronin (Department of Visual Arts, Brock University). Unbound celebrates women at the forefront of animal advocacy, in both a contemporary and historical context. Our writers, photographers, and filmmakers travel the world to meet, photograph and interview inspiring, hard-working women around the globe. We invite you to join us on our journey as we get to know these incredible women and hear about their challenges, the dangers they’ve faced, their triumphs, their sacrifices, their joys, and the solutions they are finding for animals.
Maria Gonzalez with a hen during an open rescue with Igualdad Animal. Spain, 2009
An activist named Ora, grooming and being groomed by a rescued chimpanzee at Ngamba Island Sanctuary. Uganda
Tuulispää Sanctuary founder Piia Anttonen with Otto, a fur farm escapee. Finland, 2016
New England Anti-Vivisection Society President Dr. Theodora Capaldo with a rescued rat. USA, 2014
Rachel Hogan with Nkan Daniel, a rescued gorilla whom she raised since he was orphaned by the bush meat trade. Hogan is the Director at Ape Action Africa, a primate sanctuary. Cameroon, 2009
Animal Liberation Victoria founder, Patty Mark, with rescued animals in her yard. Mark created the concept of open rescues, a practice which continues by many liberation groups today. Australia, 2013
Animal Liberation Victoria founder, Patty Mark, with rescued animals in her yard. Mark created the concept of open rescues, a practice which continues by many liberation groups today. Australia, 2013
Lina Lind Christensen with a rescued hen at her sanctuary, Frie Vinger (Free Wings). Denmark, 2015
Ledaiki Ann Nailantei, Ranger with the Kenyan Wildlife Services. Kenya, 2016
Penny Lane Sanctuary founder Karyn Boswell with two rescued horses, Teddy and Penny. Canada, 2016
Animal rights lawyers (L-R) Camille Labchuk, Lesli Bisgould, Anna Pippus, Sophie Gaillard and Alanna Devine. Canada, 2016
Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary founder Kari Bagnall with members of her staff giving emergency care to Jersey, a capuchin monkey. USA, 2014
Jade Aldridge at Rhino Revolution with a young rescued rhinoceros, whose mother was killed by poachers. South Africa, 2016
Animal advocate and protester Helen Nelson. England, 2011
Elisa Aaltola, philosopher and author. Finland, 2015
Cora Bailey, founder of Community Led Animal Welfare (CLAW), rescuing a piglet at the Randfontein Dump in Johannesburg. South Africa, 2016
Carol J. Adams, famed author of The Sexual Politics of Meat, at her home in Texas. USA, 2015
Animal activist Jenny McQueen being dragged away and arrested by police at a Direct Action Everywhere event, which blockaded the entry of trucks carrying cows to slaughter. Canada, 2014
Siphiwe Sithole, one of the members of the all-female anti-poaching unit called The Black Mambas, at a school in South Africa. 2016
Aysha Akhtar, neurologist and specialist in preventative medicine and public health. USA, 2015
Avalon Theisen, founder of Conserve it Forward. USA, 2015
Anita Krajnc, co-founder of The Save Movement, with a bovine friend at Farm Sanctuary. USA, 2014
