News & Updates

The latest news on some of the adopted animals YOU help us look after.

Born Free is helping farmers and elephants to live together without conflict, thanks to innovative and cost-effective natural solutions.

A long read by Rescue & Care Officer Flo Blackbourn, considers five reasons why leopards need your help today.

Born Free is pleased to report on the fantastic conservation work that has been carried out by our 2021 McKenna-Travers Award for Compassionate Conservation winners.

Born Free is working with Equity Bank to protect and restore natural habitats near Meru National Park. Community Officer, Charles Njoroge, from our Kenyan team reports.

Our Head of Education, Laura Gosset, explains why our wildlife charity is so concerned about climate change and how nature can help address the climate crisis.

The Pride of Meru team have been trialling new strategies to mitigate human-lion conflicts, protecting both people and lions.

Award-winning actress, writer, singer, poet, humanitarian, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and one of wildlife’s greatest champions, Virginia McKenna OBE, has been made a Dame in recognition of her work for Wild Animal Welfare and Compassionate Conservation in the New Year Honours List 2023.

Born Free reports significant changes for the lion prides of Meru in eastern Kenya, with the recent birth of five cubs, as well as fascinating new coalitions and dominant males.

Born Free celebrates the arrival of extremely rare giraffe twins, born in our charity’s spiritual homeland of Meru National Park, in Kenya.