News & Updates

The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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Adoption Diary: January 2024

The latest news on some of the adopted animals YOU help us look after.
A Bengal tiger standing serenely in dense shrubland

Thank you, Gopal! How one tiger helps save his entire species

It’s ten years since Gopal the tiger arrived at our sanctuary in India but, during this time, his adoption has helped support our wider work, including impactful tiger conservation.
Born Free's Director of Fundraising Katie Arber stands in the middle of the Kenyan de-snaring team

Stories from the field: A first-time visit to Meru, Kenya

Katie Arber, Born Free’s Director of Fundraising, has happy memories of her visit to our projects in Kenya, in November 2023, but realises our work is more vital than ever before.
An adult tiger walking through a forested area

Indian seminar celebrates 20 years of saving tigers

2024 marks an extraordinary 20-year milestone for the Satpuda Landscape Tiger Partnership (SLTP), a collective of organisations founded by Born Free, working to protect the tigers of India’s Satpuda Landscape.
A badger in a meadow of green grass. It is looking up to the sky

New report calls for an immediate end to cruel and ineffective badger culling

Badger Trust’s important new report emphasises the need for a collaborative and evidence-based approach to tackling cattle TB.

Born Free’s year ahead: much to look forward to in 2024

In a special year for our charity, we've got wild highlights and superb news!
A male lion lying on the savannah with the wind blowing his mane

In Memoriam: Kennedy Kaminju Kariuki

Born Free is saddened to share the news that our good friend and collaborator Kennedy Kaminju Kariuki has passed away.
Three orca line up at the edge of a pool, in front of three people in wetsuits

Will Marineland, Antibes’ orca be sent to Japan?

Born Free calls on French President Macron to stop the transfer of three captive orca to Japan - sign the petition now.
Leo Sordello-Savale

Meet Leo Sordello-Savale, Born Free’s newest Junior Ambassador

Nine-year-old Leo is creating an online storm for wildlife!
Three young herring gulls bathing in a plastic tub

Every gull matters to us

Born Free has part-funded an essential aviary, helping to rescue and rehabilitate gulls, and a variety of other birds, in Worthing, UK.