News & Updates

After years of our campaigning, Born Free is delighted that the UN Organised Crime Convention has adopted a landmark Resolution on environmental crime.

Born Free joins 80 other animal protection organisations to call on Southern African governments to abandon wildlife culls, which could include hundreds of elephants.

As we approach the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), anticipation is building around this landmark event in the global dialogue on nature protection.

The Labour government has published details of badger culling licenses that could result in the targeting of almost 40,000 additional badgers in 2024.

In a moving short film, our Co-Founder Dame Virginia McKenna remembers Pole Pole the elephant, whose tragic death at London Zoo led to the start of our charity.

Born Free is reiterating its call for the licence of South Lakes Safari Zoo, Cumbria, to be revoked after the recent BBC investigation added to the long list of damning indictments against the troubled zoo.

With various animals in zoos gaining popularity online recently, Born Free urges fans and the wider public not to visit them.

With Born Free support, our long-term Lilongwe Wildlife Trust colleagues in Malawi have rescued a malnourished brown snake eagle, being kept as a pet.

A star-studded art event at the prestigious Mall Galleries in London launched a major exhibition by acclaimed wildlife artist Gary Hodges, in aid of Born Free.

Born Free helps launch a shocking new report revealing the appalling rise of fake animal rescue videos.