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The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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Tsar and Jamil: one year on

One year on from arriving at our South African sanctuary, see how lion brothers Tsar and Jamil are settling in, in our new video.
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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.
A photo of a lion and a lioness walking down a dusty track with their three cubs

Lion cubs spotted in Meru

Great news – new cubs have been spotted in our homeland of Meru, Kenya. Just 23,000 wild lions remain, so each one counts. But, what happened when two adult males appeared?
A photo of a beautiful male lion in close-up

In loving memory of Jora

With much sorrow, Born Free has bid farewell to Jora, our precious lion at our sanctuary in South Africa, who had been rescued with his brother from a cramped circus trailer.
A mother and cub Asiatic lion

The lesser-known lion

Did you know there are lions living in India? The western coastal state of Gujarat, including Gir Forest, is the only place in the world where Asiatic lions still live in the wild.
A wild lion walking across a vast African landscape

Q&A with Nelson Kibet

We chat to a recent Masters graduate from the University of Nairobi, Kenya to discover how academic research can have a tangible conservation benefit, benefitting lions and local people.
A lioness lying down on top of a hill with rolling countryside in the background, she has her head slightly raised as if smiling

Our tribute to Saida

With deep sadness we recently had to say goodbye to 17-year-old lioness Saida, a precious member of our rescued Lions of Lockdown pride, at our sanctuary in South Africa.

‘Changed for good’ – Wicked movie features CGI wild animals

Our Policy Support Officer Frankie Osuch considers the use of wild animals in entertainment and the importance of computer-generated imagery (CGI) to portray wild animals on screen.
A lion standing over a lioness who is lying down. They are both on a wooden platform surrounded by the African wild landscape

Deck-building for happy cats

Big cats love to survey their surroundings so, with the help of kind supporters, our sanctuary team in Shamwari, South Africa is creating new viewing decks for some of our rescued lions and leopards.