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UK wildlife crime on the up

A new report shows UK wildlife crime is at worrying levels, yet conviction rates are at an all-time low.
A hare sitting in a meadow of long grass and wild flowers

Born Free’s Budget response: The UK must invest in nature and wildlife without delay

As Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her first full budget, wildlife charity Born Free calls on the UK government to invest in the protection and recovery of nature and wildlife, and the welfare of wild animals.

Thousands more badgers to be culled this year

The Labour government has published details of badger culling licenses that could result in the targeting of almost 40,000 additional badgers in 2024.
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Born Free at the party conferences

The Labour party pledged to protect UK nature and stop wild animal suffering. So now, with your support, our charity calls on parliamentarians to do right by wildlife.
Will Travers is sat in a chair, with his mother Dame Virginia McKenna stood at his side, with a hand on his shoulder. Both are smiling at the camera.

Born Free co-founders send open letter Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Charity calls on the UK government to take decisive action for nature and wild animals.
Gordon Maloney, AVAAZ; Dr Mark Jones, Born Free; Betty Badger (Mary Barton); Peter Hambly, Badger Trust; Robert Pownall, Protect the Wild; Susanna Feder (supporter) all lined up with posters about ending the badger cull and a box containing signatures of petition signers

Born Free badger lobby goes to Parliament

Born Free joined Badger Trust and hundreds of supporters to call for an immediate end to the badger cull.
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Government scraps proposals for ‘targeted badger culls’

Welcome relief for badgers, but more still must be done to end the cull.
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Born Free to lobby the new government for an end to the badger cull

Join us in London on Tuesday 3rd September to call on the new Government to #KillTheCull
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New scientific study undermines case for badger culling

A new study published in the prestigious nature journal Scientific Reports has undermined the very premise on which badger culling has operated for the past 11 years.
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Met Police announces reduced focus on wildlife crime

Born Free is deeply concerned about cuts to the Metropolitan Police’s wildlife crime unit, at the forefront of the fight against illegal trafficking as well as crimes against wildlife across the London area.