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A selection of items carved from ivory, including elephant ornaments, laid out on a blue cloth

Item containing ivory withdrawn from auction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.
A hippo raises its head above water with mouth wide open showing its teeth

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.
A photo of a wild hippo standing on grass with its mouth wide open

Parliament approves extension of UK’s Ivory Act

Born Free celebrates the inclusion of additional ivory-bearing species including hippos, narwhals, sperm whales and killer whales to the Act.
A hippo grazing in a marshy area of grass

UK government tables legislation to extend Ivory Act to hippos and whales

DEFRA has announced that it has tabled legislation in Parliament to extend the UK’s ban on elephant ivory trade to other ivory-bearing species, specifically hippos, narwhals, sperm whales and orcas.
A rhino with large horn is emerging from behind a bush

Rhino poaching on the rise again in South Africa

Latest government figures from South Africa reveal an increase in rhino killing since 2020.
Elephant group in the red-oat grass of the Masai Mara. Two adult females with a calf in open expanse of grassland with acacia trees.

Born Free offers Hope for Elephants

A future without elephants is unimaginable. Born Free’s new appeal offers a lifeline for one of Africa’s most iconic species.

Born free’s latest ivory investigation

Our most recent UK ivory investigation reveals an encouraging reduction in ivory listings, but there is still work to be done.

UK Ivory Act to extend to hippos, walruses & whales

Born Free applauds today’s announcement by the UK Government of its intention to extend its domestic ban on ivory trade to hippos, walruses, narwhals, sperm whales, and orcas.

Did CITES COP19 deliver for wildlife?

The conservation world has been focussed on Panama over the past two weeks, where the 19th Conference of the Parties to CITES, the global wildlife regulator, took place.

A tooth for a tooth?

On Elephant Appreciation Day, a new Born Free report reveals that Illegal online ivory sales persist and hippo ivory trade has increased despite Ivory Act implementation.