News & Updates

The UK government has confirmed that as many as 67,801 badgers could be killed in 2022 under four year and supplementary cull licences. This could bring the total number of badgers killed under the cull policy since 2013 to over 200,000.

Born Free’s Head of Policy, Dr Mark Jones, explains why it’s time to find viable alternatives to trophy hunting, which protect wildlife AND communities alike.

Born Free, representing the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime, co-hosted a high-level event alongside the governments of Peru and Gabon at the 11th Conference of the Parties to the UNTOC.

Born Free calls on international wildlife trade convention CITES to step up and invest in wildlife protection.

Born Free's latest initiative targets the EU trophy hunting market.

This 'World Mental Health Day' Born Free’s Captivity Campaigns Information Coordinator, Sarah Jefferson, considers the psychological effects that captivity can have on wild animals.

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Born Free welcomes the decision by the Bristol Zoological Society to close the zoo site which had long become outdated and wholly inadequate to cater for many of its inhabitants.