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An adult serval lying down relaxing amongst long grass and vegetation

Four servals, two years on

Rescued from Belgium’s illegal pet trade and given a new life in South Africa, how has the quartet of long-legged wild cats settled into their forever home?
Bill Travers with Pole Pole the elephant in London Zoo

Remembering Bill

Today, we especially think of our Co-Founder Bill Travers MBE, who died 30 years ago this day. In a very special blog, our Executive President Will Travers OBE considers his father’s extraordinary, world-changing legacy.
Amanda Holden wearing a bright yellow dress, stood behind a lectern and in front of a Born Free 40 logo

Born Free: Fabulous at 40

Born Free's Footsteps to Freedom Ball was a gala evening celebrating 40 years of action for wild animals in need and raising vital funds.
Practical Training on the Production of Compost

Conservation Composting

To celebrate International Day of Forests, Donald Mbohli, Programme Lead for Born Free’s Guardians of Dja initiative, explains how composting is helping protect Cameroon’s apes.
A lioness walks in grass in golden light

Wildlife empowered: A conservation journey

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we spoke with one of Born Free’s inspiring female conservationists: Faith Ndunge.
A group of men wearing Born Free T-shirts helping to construct a boma

Life-saving ‘bomas’ arrive in Meru

Based on our successful work in Amboseli, Kenya, Born Free’s important new project in Meru is empowering local people, protecting livestock and saving lions.
A small crocodile sits submerged in water facing to the right of the image, with just the top of its head and eyes above the water

Why are dangerous wild animals as pets such a problem?

Born Free’s Captivity Research Officer Chris Lewis considers Born Free’s latest research into dangerous wild animals kept in private residences across Britain, and the problems that exotic pet ownership poses.
A herd of wild elephants walking through long grass

Born Free Co-Founder returns to Kenya for 40th anniversary

Marking Born Free's anniversary, Will Travers OBE video blogs from our charity's heartland in Kenya.
A group of people standing in front of a banner with a tiger on it

Tiger conservation: The next 20 years?

As the Satpuda Landscape Tiger Partnership celebrates 20 years, their annual seminar considered the next two decades of tiger conservation in the forests of Central India.
A chimpanzee sitting high up in the treetops, gripping a tree branch

New group of chimpanzees monitored in Uganda

Dr Matthew McLennan, Director of the Born Free-supported Bulindi Chimpanzee and Community Project, introduces us to the Kiraira-Kasunga chimpanzees.