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You can help Restore Nature Now!

How much do you love nature? Join Born Free and speak out for wildlife at a peaceful but passionate protest on 22 June in London, calling for greater protection for the UK’s natural world and for politicians to act now.
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Lions, World Book Day & Michael Morpurgo

An incredible 23,945 school pupils joined Sir Michael for a live reading from classic children’s novel The Butterfly Lion, at our webinar last month. Education Officer Charlie Smith reports.
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Tigers in crisis

On Earth Day 2024, Yashvardhan Dalmia, network coordinator for Satpuda Landscape Tiger Partnership (SLTP), urges you to help protect India’s tigers by doubling your donation with Green Match Fund.
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Sandro – three years of bliss

In April 2021, thanks to your kind donations, a rescued tiger arrived at his lifetime home at Animanatura Wild Sanctuary in Italy. Rescue & Care Officer Dr Andrea Donaldson brings us the latest news, three years on.
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How we protect bonobos

Born Free’s Head of Conservation Dr Nikki Tagg highlights the mystery and uniqueness of bonobos and reports on what Born Free is doing to protect these rare great apes.
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Badger cull numbers for 2023 released

New Government figures reveal almost 20,000 badgers killed under licence in 2023, bringing the total since 2013 to more than 230,000.
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Conservation incentives are a win-win

Providing incentives to reduce hunting wild animals for meat can benefit people and wildlife. Born Free’s Head of Conservation Dr Nikki Tagg reports on exciting new research from the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon.
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What is the Green Match Fund?

Find out how this national initiative will help fund Born Free’s vital tiger conservation work, by doubling your donations between the 18th and 25th April.
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South Africa’s Cabinet approves plans to phase out lion farming and private breeding of rhinos

South Africa’s Cabinet has approved policies put forward by the Minister of Forests, Fisheries and the Environment that include ending intensive lion breeding and the intensive management and captive breeding of rhinos for commercial purposes.
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Scotland follows Wales in banning snares, setting a further example for England to follow

Born Free has warmly welcomed the ban on the use of snares and glue traps in Scotland, which passed into law this March.