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Apparently responding to widespread criticism, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has suspended a decision taken only days ago to allow imports of elephant and other trophies from Zambia and Zimbabwe into the USA, activities banned under the previous administration, pending a review.

A young Eurasian Lynx who had previously escaped from Borth Zoo in Wales has been shot dead by marksmen contracted by the local council.

New regulations to ban the use of wild animals in circuses, due to come into force in January 2018, were signed yesterday in the Republic of Ireland.

A zoo keeper at Kaliningrad Zoo in Russia has narrowly escaped death after being attacked by one of the zoo’s tigers.

Born Free is leading a campaign to stop trophy hunters bringing lion and elephant trophies into the European Union from Tanzania.

Born Free’s Associate Director of Conservation Africa, Liz Greengrass, recently returned from Southwest Cameroon, where she was introducing her Elephant Guardian Programme in communities around the Banyang-Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary - here are her thoughts on tackling bushmeat hunting in the region.

KWS and Born Free teams rescued a lion that had been injured by another lion during a vicious fight in Meru National Park. The two have been battling for about two months over the Mulika pride, some of the lions being tracked and monitored by Born Free.

A female Eurasian lynx has escaped from “Borth Wild Animal Kingdom”, a zoo near Aberystwyth. The wild cat, named Lilith, is about twice the size of a domestic cat and reportedly escaped during the last five days.

Many species of animals are in precipitous decline across the globe. In most cases, these species are shared by multiple countries.

A citizen science group called Two Million Tusks (TMT) has published a review of ivory sales through British auction houses entitled “Ivory: The Grey Areas”.