THE BORN FREE BLOG
Born Free works across the world to protect and preserve wildlife in its natural habitat. The Born Free blog gives our team - both in the office and out in the field - a platform to share their views on the latest news stories and issues affecting wildlife conservation and captive animal welfare.
YOUR KING QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Published: 09/07/2018 11:00am
It’s great to see King so happy and settled at his new home at our big cat sanctuary in South Africa, thanks to the overwhelming generosity of our amazing supporters.
READ MORESPOT THE LION!
Published: 08/07/2018 3:29pm
The Jean Byrd Centre is already home to big cats like lion brothers Jora and Black who were rescued by Born Free from a circus wagon in Bulgaria three years ago.
READ MOREKING IS HOME
Published: 07/07/2018 3:03pm
King’s new life at our big cat rescue centre will be a world away from the Paris apartment in which he was discovered half-starved and cowering in a dirty cage.
READ MOREKING: AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Published: 06/07/2018 3:27pm
It was an eventful 24 hours for King as he travelled by train, plane and automobile to Born Free’s big cat sanctuary at Shamwari Private Game Reserve, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
READ MOREKING IS ON HIS WAY HOME
Published: 05/07/2018 6:00am
Today is the day! Thanks to the amazing generosity of our supporters, King the lion cub is now on his way to his new home in South Africa.
READ MORECOMPASSIONATE CONSERVATION BEGINS IN OUR BACK GARDEN
Published: 02/07/2018 8:45am
Last month, from 18th-24th June, was National Insect Week and quite amazingly, in this time, I saw three stag beetles in three days!
READ MOREJOIN BORN FREE IN CELEBRATING WORLD GIRAFFE DAY
Published: 20/06/2018 4:18pm
It may surprise you to hear that giraffes, the iconic open plains animal of Africa, are listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
READ MORETRACKING THE G-COY PRIDE IN MERU
Published: 05/06/2018 9:36am
Born Free Kenya’s field team in Meru National Park has been tracking six prides of lions for two years - Elsa’s, Sanctuary, Mulika, Nairobi Girls, Bisanadi and G-Coy. G-Coy is a pride of one adult female and four-sub-adults and has been tracked since October 2016. Spotting lions in the wild is not easy and very unpredictable. Here, the team recounts a recent tracking expedition…
READ MORETIME TO STOP PLAYING THE BADGER BLAME GAME
Published: 01/06/2018 10:26am
The battle to protect the badger is far more than just a fight to defend a shy nocturnal animal most of us never see. The badger culling policy is at the very centre of the debate about how our government and wider society considers issues concerning the protection of our native wildlife.
READ MORETHE RETURN OF THE ZAMBIA HIPPO CULL?
Published: 25/05/2018 11:30am
Two years ago, Born Free revealed that the Zambian government had waved through permission for 2,000 hippos to be killed over a five-year period in the world-famous Luangwa Valley. This week, Born Free received news that the Zambian authorities had secretly overturned their 2016 decision.
READ MORESKINNING FOR PROFIT
Published: 17/05/2018 10:16am
Evidence is emerging of a new threat for Asian elephants - a gruesome trade dealing in beads and medicinal powder... made from their skin
READ MORETEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION ABOUT LEOPARDS
Published: 16/05/2018 9:29am
Born Free South Africa’s Education Officer, Sidney Clay, told the pupils about different kinds of leopards, their hunting techniques and behaviour, and why they are one of the Big Five.
READ MOREGREEN IS BACK!
Published: 08/05/2018 1:31pm
After a prolonged drought since 2016 and erratic rains, Meru National Park is now a wilderness of green!
As in other parts of Kenya, Meru is experiencing heavy downpours.
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