Born Free Foundation - Keep Wildlife in the Wild

Elephant rehomed from South African zoo to a free-roaming life

5 March 2013

Categories: Elephants Campaign News

Amazing news from our friends at the National Council of SPCAs in South Africa: Thandora, a lone female African elephant, is leaving Bloemfontein Zoo after 24 years in captivity and will be starting a new life in a Game Reserve,...

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Stolen Apes

5 March 2013

Categories: Primates Campaign News, CITES News, Homepage News

Ian Redmond presents the first report on the scale of the illegal trade in great apes to CITES delegates gathered in Bangkok yesterday

This report, produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) through GRASP and coedited and...

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End the tiger trade, once and for all

4 March 2013

Categories: Homepage News, CITES News, Big Cats Campaign News

Born Free CEO Will Travers blogging from the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) Conference of Parties meeting

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Wildlife trade on the agenda in Thailand

4 March 2013

Categories: CITES News

Will world leaders push iconic species to the brink of extinction, or hand them a lifeline at an international summit?  “It’s like we are living in a nightmare,” said Will Travers OBE, CEO Born Free Foundation.  “The...

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The fight to save Gabon’s elephants

1 March 2013

Categories: Homepage News, Elephants Campaign News

Gabon is a country known for its pro-wildlife stance as was most recently highlighted when President Ali Bongo ceremoniously torched the national ivory stock-pile in 2012 as a gesture of defiance towards illegal wildlife...

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