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The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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£100,000 target reached thanks to you

Born Free has raised more than £100,000 for wild animals in just seven days, thanks to supporters and the Green Match Fund.
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Double your donations to Save Africa’s Giants

For one week only, you can make your support go twice as far by donating to Born Free's Vanishing Futures matched funding campaign.
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Item containing ivory withdrawn from auction

Intervention from Born Free prevents the sale of an item containing a higher percentage of ivory than the Ivory Act allows.
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UK ivory ban extension comes into force

Born Free celebrates as the UK Ivory Act extension enforces a near total ban on the import, export and selling of hippo, narwhal, sperm whale and orca ivory.

Will trophy hunting wipe out Africa’s Super Tuskers?

A short but powerful documentary was released on 20th January to highlight the impact of trophy hunting on the few remaining ‘super-tusker' elephants across East Africa.
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How bees can save elephants – find out more

You might have heard that beehive fences can help local people live in harmony with elephants but, with honey harvests now underway, we dig deeper with our Born Free Kenya team.
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Blackpool Zoo announces both expected elephant calves have died

Born Free is saddened to hear of the tragic loss of two baby elephants at Blackpool Zoo, which adds to recent elephant deaths at Chester Zoo and Dublin Zoo.
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Dismay as Danish zoo euthanises its elephants

Born Free is shocked and saddened at the recent news that Aalborg Zoo in Denmark has euthanised its two remaining female African elephants, Mai and Tanja, both in their 40s.
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The importance of investing in human-elephant conflict mitigation

Sharing a landscape with elephants can be challenging and dangerous, as highlighted by a recent incident of elephant conflict in Meru Conservation Area.
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Stop the elephant cull

Born Free joins 80 other animal protection organisations to call on Southern African governments to abandon wildlife culls, which could include hundreds of elephants.