News & Updates

We’ve just launched a new campaign to end canned hunting – but what is canned hunting? Here’s 10 facts you need to know about this cruel industry

Born Free has reiterated its call for the closure of South Africa’s brutal canned hunting industry following the seizure of 342kg of lion bone at Johannesburg airport earlier this week.

Born Free has renewed its call for the public to not visit attractions that exploit whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetacean) following today’s announcement that TripAdvisor will no longer sell tickets to captive whale and dolphin facilities.

The Great Escape. One lion saved from the bullet but at least 8,000 remain in captive breeding facilities in South Africa, many destined for canned hunts.

Local community pressure in Zambia brings a halt to wild animal captures.

Over the last three months, we have put the barbaric sport of trophy hunting firmly in our crosshairs with our campaign Ban Trophy Hunting.

It’s World Rhino Day! Penny Banham, Born Free’s Conservation Projects Officer, explains why we should celebrate these amazing creatures

A young lion from Elsa’s Pride was rescued by Born Free’s Kenya field team and the Kenya Wildlife Service after he became entangled in a wire snare.

In a dramatic move, local community representatives from across Zambia have called for an immediate suspension of all trophy hunting operations in the country.

Born Free is horrified to learn that more than 64,000 badgers may be killed under licence during 2019, as the government extends its culling policy by an unimaginable scale.