News & Updates

What a fun three months it has been at the Julie Ward and Jean Byrd centres here at Shamwari!

With just a few I’s left to dot and T’s left to cross, we hope to move King to his new home at Shamwari in July.

The latest big cat updates from Shamwari

Bamfords, the leading Auction House and Valuers, based in Derbyshire, has announced a new initiative to support the international wildlife charity Born Free.

With the assistance of Born Free, Bo and Bella, two rescued chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau, will be moving to their new home at Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya today.

Born Free’s rescue and education centre at Shamwari Private Game Reserve, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, is named in memory of an inspirational young lady who was tragically killed in Kenya 30 years ago. Today would have been her 58th birthday. This is the story of Julie Ward…

Born Free is deeply distressed to hear of the recent death of much-loved artist and long-term Born Free Patron, Pollyanna Pickering.

The Amboseli Ecosystem has experienced prolonged drought for the past three years.

The latest updates from the Julie Ward and Jean Byrd centres at Shamwari

Wildlife Photographers United and Born Free are delighted to announce the launch of a new Kickstarter campaign to fund Remembering Great Apes, a breath-taking new coffee table book showcasing extraordinary images of gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans and bonobos. The book will feature work by more than 50 of the world’s top wildlife photographers, including Art Wolfe, Frans Lanting and Martyn Colbeck.