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Meet chinoise

Chinoise is a young chimpanzee who lives at Limbe Wildlife Centre (LWC), in Cameroon.

Meet sara

Sara is a young chimpanzee who lives on Ngamba Island Chimp Sanctuary, in Uganda.

Meet Kyriakos

Kyriakos is one of the biggest bears living at the Born Free supported-Arcturos Bear Sanctuary in Greece, and his favourite activities are eating and sleeping!

Meet elsa’s pride

Born Free is working closely with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to safeguard the future of a pride of lions called ‘Elsa’s Pride’.

Meet mugaruka and chimanuka

Mugaruka and Chimanuka are a pair of rare eastern lowland gorillas – also known as Grauer’s gorillas – living in the mountain rainforests of Kahuzi-Biega National Park, a vast 6,000km2 area in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Welcome to the family!

Born Free has introduced four wild animals to its adoption portfolio – Timtom the orangutan, Gopal the tiger, Elsa’s Pride and the Jaguar Family.

Pole pole remembered

Our Elephants in Crisis campaign has focused on the plight of wild elephants in Africa. But did you know a captive elephant called Pole Pole is the driving force behind Born Free?

Towards a worldwide ivory ban

The UK is in the process of introducing a domestic ivory ban. But what action have other countries taken? Born Free’s Head of Policy Dr Mark Jones finds out

Big cat diaries – september 2018

Glen Vena, Animal Care Manager at our big cat rescue centres in Shamwari, gives his latest update.

Filming wild elephants

Much of the footage of wild elephants used in our Elephants in Crisis campaign was filmed on location in South Africa by our filmmaker Filip Fortuna. But how did we get that footage? Born Free’s Beth Brooks describes an unforgettable encounter