News & Updates

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.

Born Free believes that trophy hunting is unsustainable and that we should work with hunters and local communities to find alternative approaches. But what could they be?

We are heartbroken to announce that Jasper, our magnificent Indochinese tiger, has passed away.

Dr Mark Jones, Born Free’s Head of Policy, recently attended an important global wildlife meeting in Switzerland. Covering everything from the trade in live, baby elephants to rare Sri Lankan lizards, he looks back on the successes of the meeting.