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Simba one year on

Thanks to your generous donations, a year ago today our rescued lion arrived at his wonderful new sanctuary home in Italy.

Time to end the fur trade in Britain

Born Free calls on the public to help end the cruel and exploitative fur trade. The fur trade is one of the most exploitative and cruel industries in the world today.

Ocean voice

On World Ocean Day, let’s speak up to save the blue planet, encourages our Editor, Celia Nicholls. To mitigate climate change, we need to protect orca, to help protect the entire planet!

Adoption Diary June 2023

The latest updates on some of your favourite adopted animals.

Protect wildlife, protect forests, protect the world

In a world increasingly at risk of ecological disaster due to the climate crisis, the importance of forests has never been clearer. On World Environment Day 2023, we highlight Born Free’s projects around the world that are helping preserve this critical ecosystem and the species that are integral to their functioning and survival.

Born free and now living alone – life for an elephant in a UK zoo

The UK now has three zoos which are home to solitary elephants – despite being highly social animals, Anne, Mondula and Five are suffering in solitude. We need to phase out the keeping of elephants in UK zoos, now.

Can two male lions really be friends?

Born Free takes a closer look at the bonds between lions – specifically addressing the question often asked of whether it is ‘natural’ for two male lions, such as our rescued lions Horus and Dadou, to be friends.

Born free launches campaign to end ‘selfish selfies’

Born Free exposes the plight of wild animals exploited as souvenir photo props and calls on the British public to pledge not to take ‘Selfish Selfies’ on their summer holidays.

Red panda escapes enclosure at Newquay Zoo

An escaped red panda from Newquay Zoo was found almost half-a-mile away near a greengrocers.

Want to prevent pandemics? Protect wild animals!

Unless we change our ways, another pandemic will happen again. This is why we need to transform the way we treat wild animals, explains Born Free’s Policy team.