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Gordon Maloney, AVAAZ; Dr Mark Jones, Born Free; Betty Badger (Mary Barton); Peter Hambly, Badger Trust; Robert Pownall, Protect the Wild; Susanna Feder (supporter) all lined up with posters about ending the badger cull and a box containing signatures of petition signers

Born Free badger lobby goes to Parliament

Born Free joined Badger Trust and hundreds of supporters to call for an immediate end to the badger cull.
A badger looks at the camera with head tilted

Government scraps proposals for ‘targeted badger culls’

Welcome relief for badgers, but more still must be done to end the cull.
A group of elephants walking around in a muddy enclosure

Second elephant dies at Chester Zoo in a month

Chester Zoo has announced that Asian elephant Riva Hi Way has died at the age of four.
An adult elephant in a captive setting

Pretoria Zoo’s last captive elephant is released to the wild

Charley the elephant finally tastes freedom after decades in captivity.
A captive chimpanzee resting its head back against a concrete wall

New ‘Chimp Crazy’ docuseries highlights the problems of keeping pet primates

Docuseries released on 18th August highlights the dangerous and often tragic consequences of keeping chimpanzees in a domestic setting.
A graffiti artwork by Banksy of a gorilla on the shutters of London Zoo

Latest Banksy artworks spark debate on animal captivity

Nine wild animal-themed works by the graffiti artist have appeared in London, but what do they mean?
A lioness nuzzling a lion. They are both on a wooden platform with yellow flowers in the background

Farewell Madiba

With sadness we say goodbye to Madiba, the rescued lion who lived with the lioness Elsa Italia, at Animanatura Wild Sanctuary, Italy.
A man wearing a born free T-shirt controlling the trunk of an elephant puppet as part of a workshop in Kenya

How puppets help people AND elephants

Innovative, simple and cost-effective, Born Free’s practical work to help people and elephants coexist in Meru, Kenya is having a giant impact.
A giant tortoise on grass, looking at the camera with its mouth open as if smiling

Four tortoises now safe with us!

Our wildlife centre in Ethiopia doesn’t just rescue lions and cheetahs, we’re also a safe haven for dozens of tortoises, including four newcomers.
A dolphin swims behind a human in a tank, with a crown of people in front watching through the glass

Animal welfare NGOs rally outside TUI’s Berlin HQ to demand end to dolphin cruelty

Born Free joins global animal welfare charities to rally outside travel giant TUI Group’s HQ in Berlin, Germany, to highlight the suffering dolphins face in captivity and call for change.