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The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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A solitary tiger in a barren zoo enclosure

Zoo breeding tragedies highlight the need for a Roar-Free UK

Ten months on from the release of Born Free’s hard-hitting report, ‘Clawing at the Cages’, recent events continue to highlight why big cats simply do not belong in zoos.
Two people standing in front of a banner with a lion's face and the words 'Remember Cecil'

Charities mark 10th anniversary of Cecil the lion’s death to demand a UK ban on trophy imports

10 years since Cecil was killed, we co-sponsored a parliamentary event urging the government to fulfil its longstanding promise to ban the import of hunting trophies.
An image of a lion skin laid out as a rug, on a large advertising screen on the front of the Vue cinema at Leicester Square

Born Free. Not For Sport

Powerful images by award-winning photographer George Logan set to appear across London, as we call for a ban on hunting trophies.
Two photos of children drawing pictures of Born Free's bronze lions

Celebrating our bronze pride

Born Free’s Community Engagement team joined local schools in Hampshire, UK to get creative and enjoy our bronze collection of life-size lions, at Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa.
A group of Kenyan schoolchildren wearing Giraffe Day T-shirts and holding workbooks

Celebrating giraffes in Kenya

Born Free marked World Giraffe Day with some outstanding conservation news, and a high-profile event encouraging local schools to stand up for the world’s tallest animal.
Two African elephants touch heads

Elephants at Shanghai Wild Animal Park: Born Free reaction

Born Free is extremely concerned to see videos and images circulated featuring the African elephants at Shanghai Wild Animal Park, China.
A photo of John Scanlon speaking at an event

Meet wildlife crime expert John Scanlon: long read interview

Our Head of Policy Dr Mark Jones chats to his long-term associate John Scanlon AO, Chair of the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime – founded with our help on 5th June 2020.
A close-up photo of a young cheetah lying on a bed of hay

Update on Blue, the orphan cheetah

Last year, you helped rescue a badly injured cheetah cub in Ethiopia. Just a few months old, Blue had already endured so much. Could her life be turned around?