News & Updates

The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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In conversation: Dr Matthew McLennan from BCCP

To celebrate World Chimpanzee Day, we recently spoke with the project director of the Bulindi Chimpanzee and Community Project, one of Born Free’s partners in Uganda.

Together, let’s celebrate chimpanzees

With you by our side, Born Free is devoted to the care and conservation of these remarkable apes. Rescue & Care Officer Dr Andrea Donaldson reports.

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.

Meet Born Free star fundraiser Mark Lee Davies

After co-hosting a series of workshops with Born Free, creative artist Mark Lee Davies is holding a public performance in aid our charity.

Cheetah Cub SOS: Update

Thanks to your donations and adoptions, our team in Ethiopia is hard at work caring for two young cheetah cubs – Ramadan and Fasika.

It’s time to stop selfish selfies

Born Free’s Selfish Selfies campaign is raising awareness of the use of captive wild animals as props for souvenir photos and encouraging people to pledge not to support this exploitative industry. It’s a global issue affecting thousands of animals, explains Born Free’s Captivity Campaigns Information Coordinator Sarah Jefferson.

The impacts of trophy hunting on conservation and animal welfare

New article by Born Free’s Head of Policy, Dr Mark Jones highlights the damage caused to individual animals, their social groups and the wider ecology.

Organisations call for Hunting Act to be strengthened

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

Remembering John & Janette Ward with love

Born Free was saddened to hear of the recent deaths of Janette and John Ward, but we are so grateful for their wonderful, long-term support of our wildlife charity, in honour of their daughter Julie.

Born Free at EU Parliament calling for end to cetacean captivity

Born Free will be at the European Parliament in Brussels with our Dolphinaria-Free Europe coalition colleagues, to discuss why captivity is not a suitable environment for cetaceans.