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Six key points on the uk ivory bill

The UK ivory bill is currently making its way through Parliament. Here's everything you need to know about this much-anticipated law in the making.

King honoured with animal rescue award

Born Free is delighted that King – the lion cub with a mighty name – has won the Animal Rescue Award at the Daily Mirror Animal Hero Awards.

International primate day: back to the wild

On International Primate Day, Dr Cheryl Mvula MBE. Born Free's Special Advisor and Senior Technical Advisor at Zambia Primate Project (ZPP), looks back at some of ZPP's success stories.

Co-existing with giants

As part of our Elephants in Crisis campaign, Born Free's Field Conservation Assistant Emily Neil explains how fiery hot chillies are helping to cool down human-elephant conflict.

Born free officially launches virginia mckenna award for compassionate conservation 2018

Born Free is delighted to announce that applications are now open for the Virginia McKenna Award for Compassionate Conservation (VMA) 2018.

Sniffing out wildlife crime in malawi

Malawi took a further step forward in its fight against the illegal wildlife trade on 9th August, with the introduction of the country’s first Wildlife Detection Dog Unit (WDDU).

Born free gives evidence against lion breeding in south africa

Born Free’s Head of Policy Dr Mark Jones gave evidence at this week’s Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs’ colloquium on the future of South Africa’s cruel and cynically commercial lion breeding industry.

Born free-backed vaccination campaign prevents extinction for ethiopian wolves

Born Free is delighted to announce that, following a decade of intensive research, field trials and awareness work, the first ever oral vaccination campaign was implemented in the Bale mountains to pre-empt outbreaks of rabies amongst the world’s most endangered canids - the Ethiopian wolves.

Damning great apes to extinction

Born Free's Field Conservation Assistant Emily Neil explains why the natural habitat of the world's great apes is coming under increasing treat from mining and oil exploration.

An interview with dr cynthia moss

AS PART OF OUR ELEPHANTS IN CRISIS CAMPAIGN, WE CAUGHT UP WITH DR CYNTHIA MOSS, PROGRAMME DIRECTOR & TRUSTEE AT THE BORN FREE-SUPPORTED AMBOSELI ELEPHANT RESEARCH PROJECT, TO FIND OUT HOW SHE CONTINUES TO PROTECT ELEPHANTS IN KENYA