News & Updates

Born Free is delighted to announce the winner of this year’s Primate Society of Great Britain conservation grant.

Born Free’s Executive President, Will Travers OBE, pays tribute to his remarkable mother, our charity’s Co-Founder Dame Virginia McKenna, on her 93rd birthday.

Against the advice of its own Director of Science, Natural England has issued 26 new badger culling licences.

Ginny and Alda, the two rescued leopards given a new life at Born Free's South African sanctuary, are thriving in their new home.

As the UK looks forward to a summer of football with the Euros kicking off this month, Born Free’s ‘Kick to Conserve’ initiative is continuing to demonstrate the impact football can have for wild animals and communities.

Born Free pushes for urgent action to implement commitments made by the world’s governments to halt and reverse nature’s decline.

Born Free is ready to ensure that wildlife protection and the welfare of animals are given a high priority through the election campaign.

As the Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition’s ‘Report It’ Week begins, Born Free highlights the ways members of the public can speak out about animal abuse and exploitation.

The Costa Rican government has finally closed all the country’s state zoos, transporting the remaining animals to a wildlife centre for assessment.

DEFRA has announced that it has tabled legislation in Parliament to extend the UK’s ban on elephant ivory trade to other ivory-bearing species, specifically hippos, narwhals, sperm whales and orcas.