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The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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Wildlife empowered: A conservation journey

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we spoke with one of Born Free’s inspiring female conservationists: Faith Ndunge.
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Life-saving ‘bomas’ arrive in Meru

Based on our successful work in Amboseli, Kenya, Born Free’s important new project in Meru is empowering local people, protecting livestock and saving lions.
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Why are dangerous wild animals as pets such a problem?

Born Free’s Captivity Research Officer Chris Lewis considers Born Free’s latest research into dangerous wild animals kept in private residences across Britain, and the problems that exotic pet ownership poses.
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Lions on the move: The long journey home

It’s the good news you’ve been waiting for – we’re about to take lions Tsar and Jamil to their ancestral homeland of South Africa! But, how do you safely move two rescued lions over 8,000 miles?
A man standing in a pool with a dolphin which is emerging upright from the water. The man is holding onto the dolphin's fins.

Born Free calls for action on animal abuse in tourism

UK Government needs to act urgently to bring landmark legislation into effect.
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Born Free Co-Founder returns to Kenya for 40th anniversary

Marking Born Free's anniversary, Will Travers OBE video blogs from our charity's heartland in Kenya.
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New European crackdown on Environmental Crime

Born Free welcomes new Directive which will make trafficking wildlife in the EU increasingly risky for criminals.
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Rhino poaching on the rise again in South Africa

Latest government figures from South Africa reveal an increase in rhino killing since 2020.
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Reindeer review

With your help, our joint campaign to end the cruel use of live reindeer at UK events and call for a more compassionate Christmas 2023, had a big impact.
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Tiger conservation: The next 20 years?

As the Satpuda Landscape Tiger Partnership celebrates 20 years, their annual seminar considered the next two decades of tiger conservation in the forests of Central India.