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40 ways to celebrate and help wild animals

To mark Born Free's 40th anniversary, we've created a list of 40 easy and practical ways you can help wild animals.
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Can tolerance help people and wildlife coexist?

Dr Keziah Nuttall, Born Free’s Conservation Manager, considers how tolerance and acceptance of wildlife can help people and wild animals to coexist.
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.
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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.
King Charles delivers his speech in the House of Lords on Tuesday © Leon Neal Getty Images

UK Government fails to meet its nature and animal welfare commitments in King’s Speech

Born Free responds to the King's Speech on 7th November 2023, which failed to fulfil longstanding government promises for nature and animal welfare.
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How to build a hedgehog-safe bonfire

Born Free’s Rescue & Care Coordinator, Tarnya Knight, explains why bonfires can be harmful to hedgehogs, and how anyone planning a bonfire can reduce the risk of hurting one of the UK’s most iconic species.
Two badgers are poking their heads our of a sett dug into the earth

Plans to cull badgers in Northern Ireland rejected by court

Plans by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to introduce an English style badger cull in efforts to control bovine TB in cattle, have been thrown out by the High Court in a judgement released on 25th October.

Defra release new details of badger culling in 2023

Figures reveal a further 24,000 badgers could be killed under licence in the remainder of this year.

Born Free urges MPs to end UK badger cull

Born Free staff and supporters joined colleagues and friends from animal welfare groups to lobby MPs in Westminster to bring an immediate end to badger culling.

Organisations call for Hunting Act to be strengthened

Born Free to join colleagues at the Time for Change Coalition’s launch event in London.