News & Updates

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”.

As Brexit negotiations continue, it’s important to remember one particular constituency that never got to vote in the referendum, but for whom the implications could be profound. We’re talking of course about animals.

Rhinos have had a very rough time over the years. All rhino species. It is believed that, long ago, they roamed in their millions across Africa and Asia.