News & Updates

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.

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.

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

As part of our Elephants in Crisis campaign, Born Free Kenya's Phoebe Odihang explains how communities in Meru celebrated World Elephant Day.

Born Free is disappointed to learn that more badgers could lose their lives at the hands of licenced paid shooters after the latest legal challenge to the Government’s badger cull policy failed.

The chimps at the Born Free-supported Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, in Uganda, are currently undergoing their annual routine health checks.

Born Free-supported WERU (Wildlife Emergency Response Unit) recently carried out a quick anesthesia on a herd of zebra at Kuti Wildlife Reserve, Malawi, to remove snares.

Born Free is disappointed to learn that the Yangtze River Fisheries Administration, China, has ordered the capture of Yangtze finless porpoises from the wild for transfer to dolphinaria for breeding purposes.

Nkirote Kathurima (not her real name) has interacted with elephants all her life. She was born and bred at the edge of the Lower Imenti Forest which forms part of the Mount Kenya Forest Reserve.

Born Free is saddened to hear of the premature death of yet another elephant in a zoo: 13-year-old Gajaba at Seoul Grand Park, South Korea.