News & Updates

The debate over the future of zoos in the UK has intensified after the Green Party reaffirmed its policy calling for the abolition of traditional zoos and private animal collections.

Born Free is appalled to hear reports of the deaths of 72 captive tigers in northern Thailand over a two-week period in February.

Punch is the latest in a line of animals in zoos gaining online popularity, however Born Free urges fans and the wider public not to visit them.

It is currently legal to keep almost any animal as a pet in the UK unless there is legislation in place which specifically bans the keeping of that breed or species. Born Free is increasingly concerned by the number of wild animals being traded and kept as exotic pets, both legally and illegally.

Born Free and other campaign groups respond to the outcomes of a meeting concerning the future of the Gentoo 15.

A record 35 organisations and experts have joined this year’s campaign calling for festive events to not use live reindeer in 2025.

More than 70 MPs have signed an open letter to Government calling for an urgent review of the penguins’ welfare.

Chris Packham, Feargal Sharkey, Megan McCubbin and Dale Vince joined crowds of protesters to call for the release of penguins at SEA LIFE London Aquarium.

On the 42nd anniversary of the death of Pole Pole the elephant, Born Free Co-Founder Dame Virginia McKenna DBE shares her poignant words of remembrance.

Born Free is saddened and frustrated by recent tragic events involving elephants in zoos around the world.