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The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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News – experts challenge humaneness & efficacy of badger culls

A number of prominent vets and other experts have challenged the Government over its badger culling policy, and the veterinary bodies that support it.

News – zambia gives green light to hippo cull

Born Free's reaction to the news that the Zambian government has given the green light to the cull of 1,250 hippos in the Luangwa Valley.

Gardeners of the forest

Wild animals play a crucial role in developing and maintaining ecosystems, says Born Free's Senior Wildlife Consultant Ian Redmond OBE.

Meet mugaruka and chimanuka

Mugaruka and Chimanuka are a pair of rare eastern lowland gorillas – also known as Grauer’s gorillas – living in the mountain rainforests of Kahuzi-Biega National Park, a vast 6,000km2 area in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Left behind

Emily Neil, Born Free's Field Conservation Assistant, examines how elephants hunting hurts the whole herd.

Welcome to the family!

Born Free has introduced four wild animals to its adoption portfolio – Timtom the orangutan, Gopal the tiger, Elsa’s Pride and the Jaguar Family.

Born free reacts to iwt london declaration

Born Free’s reaction to the London Declaration adopted at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference 2018 held in London on 11th-12th October 2018.

Born free at iwt: day two

Born Free is at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference 2018 in London - a two-day conference that has brought together more than 80 countries to tackle the £17bn a year illegal trade in wildlife.

Born free at iwt: day one

Born Free is at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference 2018 in London - a two-day conference that has brought together more than 80 countries to tackle the £17bn a year illegal trade in wildlife.