News & Updates

It's been one year since the release back to the wild of two sea turtles held in captivity for 15 and 34 years. How are Genoveffa and Gavino getting on?

On Elephant Appreciation Day, a new Born Free report reveals that Illegal online ivory sales persist and hippo ivory trade has increased despite Ivory Act implementation.

Born Free’s Captivity Research Officer, Chris Lewis, reports on the potential impact of rising energy bills on UK zoos.

Born Free welcomes the decision by the Bristol Zoological Society to close the zoo site which had long become outdated and wholly inadequate to cater for many of its inhabitants.

We’re working with eBay and other platforms to help end the exploitation of wild animals. 

Rescued from Belgium’s illegal pet trade, with your support four servals have transformed at their new lifetime home in South Africa.

To Born Free’s horror, Freya the walrus has been euthanised in Norway, after attracting crowds who refused to stay away.

Dublin Zoo is to be investigated following allegations of poor animal welfare.

In an open letter to Government, high profile academic and thought leaders call for a halt to badger culling, while data row is independently examined.

Born Free alongside 136 civil society organisations around the world call for a ban on trophy hunting to protect threatened wildlife.