News & Updates

Born Free is saddened to hear that Duchess, a female African elephant kept at Paignton Zoo, UK, has died.

In March this year, a man was mauled to death by his pet lion. The man, from the Czech Republic, had kept the lion – as well as a lioness – in a cage in the back garden of his family home for three years.

Two giraffe subspecies have been listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species for the first time.

Born Free has welcomed an announcement from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that the mountain gorilla is no longer classified as Critically Endangered.

A video from a zoo in Indiana, USA, reveals just how dangerous wild animals such as servals can be.

Born Free reacts to the death of two young elephants from deadly virus at Chester Zoo

The Council of State - France's highest administrative court – overturned a ban on breeding dolphins in captivity, citing "an irregular consultation procedure."

Outdated legislation, which has regulated dolphinaria in France since 1981, has finally been updated and includes a breeding ban for captive dolphins across France.