Happy birthday Virginia!
Will Travers OBE pays tribute to his incredible mum, and Born Free’s matriarch on her 91st birthday.
News & Updates
The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.
World Environment Day: Treat or threat?
This World Environment Day you can be 100% forest friendly and help protect chimpanzees and gorillas when you choose shade-grown cocoa and coffee.
Memories of The Queen
Born Free’s Co-Founder and Trustee, Virginia McKenna OBE, marks Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with some personal reflections.
Tony Fitzjohn OBE: Will Travers remembers a lion-hearted man
Tony has gone and we have lost a little bit of the crazy magic that the world needs so badly.
Everybody needs good neighbours in Kenya
Our Head of Conservation Dr Nikki Tagg and Born Free Kenya’s David Manoa have published a paper on bomas in Oryx – The International Journal of Conservation.
Endangered Species Day: Born Free teams up with Ecoflix
It’s not just about Endangered Species, explains gorilla expert Ian Redmond OBE, Born Free’s Policy Advisor and Head of Conservation at Ecoflix.
Elephant calf rescue
The lives of two baby elephants have been saved, thanks to a big team effort and two emergency rescue operations.
Are zoos financing conservation or funding captivity?
Our shocking new report highlights that despite claims, only a small portion of CCZ zoo’s income is spent on field conservation.
Aspinall foundation to move 13 elephants from kent to kenya
The announcement by The Aspinall Foundation that they will be moving their entire herd of 13 African elephants from Howletts Zoo in Kent to Kenya has been welcomed by the Born Free Foundation.
Born free report: do zoos put the con in conservation?
New research shows majority of species kept in charitable UK zoos aren’t threatened with extinction.