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The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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News – lives of 2,000 wild hippo under threat

In a shocking and secretive move, Zambian authorities have overturned their 2016 decision to suspend the brutal culling of up to 2,000 hippos in the world-famous Luangwa Valley over the next five years.

News – wild animal circus ban to come into force in scotland by end of may

Born Free has welcomed news from the Scottish government that the ban on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland – the first ban of its kind in the UK – will come into force on 28th May 2018.

Skinning for profit

Evidence is emerging of a new threat for Asian elephants - a gruesome trade dealing in beads and medicinal powder... made from their skin, as Born Free's Associate Director for Asia & Oceania Gabriel Fava explains.

Teaching the next generation about leopards

Thembela Schoeman, Education Assistant for Born Free South Africa, describes how Born Free helped school children celebrate International Leopard Day.

Big cat diaries – february 2018

The latest big cat updates from Shamwari

Bamfords new initiative for Born Free

Bamfords, the leading Auction House and Valuers, based in Derbyshire, has announced a new initiative to support the international wildlife charity Born Free.

News – guinea-bissau chimp rescue update

Bo and Bella have arrived! Born Free helps relocate two rescued chimps to sanctuary

Green is back!

Born Free Kenya's Meru field team welcome the return of the rain to Meru National Park.

Born free kenya builds two bomas

Born Free Kenya has just completed building two predator-proof bomas in Mbirikani Group Ranch, in the Amboseli ecosystem.

News – guinea-bissau chimp rescue

With the assistance of Born Free, Bo and Bella, two rescued chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau, will be moving to their new home at Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya today.