News & Updates

Born Free chats to Laura Praill, Fundraising and Communications Manager at Limbe Wildlife Centre, in Cameroon.

Today is World Chimpanzee Day so, join Born Free and give a pant-hoot to celebrate these remarkable beings!

With the help of Born Free supporters, the sickly young lion cub rescued in Russia is already enjoying a transformed life at his forever home in Italy.

Glen Vena, our Animal Care Manager at Shamwari, South Africa, shares an update about our Lions of Lockdown six months after they arrived at their new sanctuary home.

Born Free has helped create an extensive new purpose-built enclosure for this rescued tiger, at his sanctuary in Italy, thanks to supporters’ kind donations to our Tigers in Crisis appeal.

Simba starts new life at Italian sanctuary after being rescued as tiny, distraught cub in Russia. Now we need to build his forever home!

Thanks to eagle-eyed local residents, a tiny brown bear has been rescued and is receiving expert care with Born Free’s long-term partners in Greece.

Born Free’s Captivity Campaigns Information Coordinator Sarah Jefferson explains why she thinks these remarkable reptiles should swim free and brings us the latest on Genoveffa and Gavino – returned to the wild thanks to YOU.

Find out about the problems faced by captive primates, and see some of the reports we have received through Raise The Red Flag.

Thanks to concerned locals and holidaymakers, Raffi, Anthea and Rikki, who spent years languishing in tiny cages in Spain, were the first captive lions and leopard rescued by Born Free.