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The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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Improving sanitation in uganda

In a guest blog, Birungi James Silver, Education Officer for the Born Free-supported Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust, in Uganda, explains how a sanitation competition is helping wildlife conservation.

Meet the cheetah family

The Cheetah Family are a coalition of rescued cheetah who live at Ensessa Kotteh, Born Free’s wildlife sanctuary in Ethiopia.

Born free reacts to death of snow leopard at dudley zoo

Born Free is appalled to hear that a snow leopard named Margaash has been shot dead after escaping from Dudley Zoo, UK.

Chimps, community and coffee

Born Free supports the Bulindi Chimpanzee & Community Project (BCCP), a grassroots, non-profit organisation established in 2014 to conserve a major population of 300 wild chimpanzees clinging to survival in fast-disappearing, unprotected habitat in Uganda’s Hoima district.

Giving tuesday

Today is Giving Tuesday. Born Free's President & Co-Founder Will Travers OBE explains how together we can make this the best Giving Tuesday ever!

Pangolin: new play to highlight plight of pangolins

Pangolin is a new family play which aims to raise awareness of the plight of a remarkable animal, facing the risk of extinction before many people even know it exists.

Meet springer

Springer is a wild orca who lives in the waters off Hanson Island in Canada’s Johnson Strait. She is monitored by the Born Free-supported Orcalab.

Trending conservation

Born Free's Sarah Locke explores whether conservation is finally getting the recognition it deserves.

Why people adopt with Born Free

From giraffe-watching cats to lion-loving children, there’s a Born Free adoption out there for everyone…

Giraffe subspecies listed as critically endangered

Two giraffe subspecies have been listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species for the first time.