News – peter clayton
Born Free remembers Peter Clayton, a long-time Born Free supporter. 1963 - 2018
News & Updates
The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.
News – escaped lioness shot dead at belgian zoo
Born Free is saddened by the news that a lioness was shot dead after escaping from an enclosure at Planckendael Zoo in Belgium.
Join Born Free in celebrating world giraffe day
Emily Neil, Born Free's Field Conservation Assistant, encourages everyone to celebrate the tallest animal in the world and to raise awareness of its plight in the wild.
News – hippo cull hits tourism in zambia
The Zambian government’s decision to permit the cull of more than 1,000 hippos over the next five years is starting to have a negative effect on the country’s reputation as a premier wildlife tourism destination, Born Free can reveal.
News – nine rescues in nine days
The Born Free-supported Zambia Primate Project has completed its most successful rescue mission since its formation in 2002 – tracking down and rescuing nine monkeys from illegal captivity in nine days.
News – Born Free gives evidence at ivory bill committee
Last week, UK MPs held a Committee meeting at Portcullis House on the Ivory Bill. The Committee is the third stage in the process to bring the Government’s ivory trade ban – announced in April to ban the commercial trade in elephant ivory within, to and from the UK – into UK law.
Big cat diaries – june 2018
What a fun three months it has been at the Julie Ward and Jean Byrd centres here at Shamwari!
News – zambia hippo cull update
Born Free calls on the Zambian government to abandon its plans to cull hippos on the Luangwa River because published scientific research, conducted by the Zambia Wildlife Authority clearly shows that previous culls of hippo did not significantly affect population size and density.
News – an update on king
With just a few I’s left to dot and T’s left to cross, we hope to move King to his new home at Shamwari in July.