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UK Government blocks attempts to reinstate Kept Animals Bill

Today in Parliament, MPs voted on the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.

Speak up to save badgers

Care about badgers? Join us to lobby your MP to end the badger cull.

Own goal by MK Dons FC ownership as UK’s largest reptile show heads to Milton Keynes

Born Free urges members of the public to take action against cruel and outdated Reptile Show by writing to host venue.

Ban on hunting trophies a step nearer

The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill passed its Second Reading in the House of Lords on 16th June, and will now progress to a Committee of the Whole House.

Time to end the fur trade in Britain

Born Free calls on the public to help end the cruel and exploitative fur trade. The fur trade is one of the most exploitative and cruel industries in the world today.

Born free and now living alone – life for an elephant in a UK zoo

The UK now has three zoos which are home to solitary elephants – despite being highly social animals, Anne, Mondula and Five are suffering in solitude. We need to phase out the keeping of elephants in UK zoos, now.

Born free launches campaign to end ‘selfish selfies’

Born Free exposes the plight of wild animals exploited as souvenir photo props and calls on the British public to pledge not to take ‘Selfish Selfies’ on their summer holidays.

Red panda escapes enclosure at Newquay Zoo

An escaped red panda from Newquay Zoo was found almost half-a-mile away near a greengrocers.

Want to prevent pandemics? Protect wild animals!

Unless we change our ways, another pandemic will happen again. This is why we need to transform the way we treat wild animals, explains Born Free’s Policy team.

Uk Government drops crucial Kept Animals Bill

The UK Government has dropped a bill which would have restricted the keeping of primates of pets and tightened zoo licensing requirements, as well as banning exports of live farmed animals and tackling puppy smuggling.