News & Updates

Decision by Dublin Zoo to transfer some of its elephants to Cincinnati Zoo, USA, separating sisters and other family members in the process, raises serious concerns.

Whatever your answer, Born Free’s Education team suggests we should perhaps, instead, be defined by how sustainably we live.

As nearly 200 countries agree a compromise deal at the COP28 climate summit, Born Free’s Head of Policy Dr Mark Jones calls for ‘nature-based solutions’ and joined-up thinking to address the climate crisis.

The UK Border Force recently seized illegal wildlife products – including ivory and marine turtle eggs – as part of a global operation, yet wildlife crime convictions have dropped in the UK. Born Free is demanding more action from Government.

Researchers in Kenya have discovered elephants seem to call each other by individual names, the first time this has been recorded in non-humans.

Born Free’s Head of Conservation Dr Nikki Tagg reflects on the current Climate Summit in United Arab Emirates.

Thanks to your kind donations, two rescued lion brothers are flourishing in their temporary home in Belgium, with plans well underway to move them to our sanctuary in South Africa, in the coming year.

To celebrate World Wildlife Conservation Day, we asked our inspiring field teams and partners for their conservation messages, celebrations, and insights.

On Wednesday 29 November, Born Free hosted an inspiring evening of discussion exploring the moral, ethical, conservation and economic questions posed by the keeping of animals in captivity, and what a future ‘beyond zoos’ could look like.

The two pandas are returning to China after 12 years in Scotland, with Thursday 30th November the last day the pandas will be on display before preparing to fly home.