News & Updates

Issues clearly remain despite inspection report claiming all is well at the zoo.

Born Free is sad to report that Twiggy, who lived alone at Belgrade Zoo for 26 years, has died.

A new Online Safety Act to tackle animal cruelty content and hold social media companies to account will now become law.

As part of the Asia for Animals Coalition, Born Free has helped compile an important new report exposing the horrific exploitation of pet macaques for social media.

MPs to decide whether to support new duties to tackle online animal cruelty content.

One year on since the Irish zoo inspectorate announced its decision to investigate Dublin Zoo, Born Free’s Captivity Research Officer, Chris Lewis, looks back on what followed and what lessons need to be learned.

With you by our side, Born Free is devoted to the care and conservation of these remarkable apes. Rescue & Care Officer Dr Andrea Donaldson reports.

Thanks to your donations and adoptions, our team in Ethiopia is hard at work caring for two young cheetah cubs – Ramadan and Fasika.

Born Free’s Selfish Selfies campaign is raising awareness of the use of captive wild animals as props for souvenir photos and encouraging people to pledge not to support this exploitative industry. It’s a global issue affecting thousands of animals, explains Born Free’s Captivity Campaigns Information Coordinator Sarah Jefferson.

Born Free will be at the European Parliament in Brussels with our Dolphinaria-Free Europe coalition colleagues, to discuss why captivity is not a suitable environment for cetaceans.