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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.

Good news for gorillas

Born Free has welcomed an announcement from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that the mountain gorilla is no longer classified as Critically Endangered.

How do toilets reduce human-wildlife conflict?

Today is World Toilet Day. But what have toilets got to do with wildlife? On a recent visit to India, Born Free's Beth Brooks found out how Born Free’s Living with Tigers programme is providing toilets for local communities to improve livelihoods and reduce human-wildlife conflict

Meet gopal

Gopal is a beautiful Bengal tiger who lives at Born Free’s tiger sanctuary in Bannerghatta National Park, southern India. Bannerghatta provides a natural forest habitat for rescued tigers in a section of the park closed to visitors.