News & Updates

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.

Wildlife crime – the need for a global solution: Born Free Foundation Calls for Immediate – and Lasting - Action to Save Imperilled Species

Wild animals have special ways of survival. They behave in a manner that surprises us. Intriguingly, when animals are injured or sick, they tend to find ways to seek help - they get closer to the camps, in open areas and in most cases, sleep along the roads.

The latest updates on our big cats at the Jean Byrd centre, at Shamwari Sanctuary in South Africa.

For the first two weeks of this month, it has been a hive of activities in Amboseli. Despite the much-awaited rainfall we received last month that affected our work at some points and inaccessibility in some areas due to bad weather, we pushed through to accomplish our mission before the year end.