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The Labour government has published details of badger culling licenses that could result in the targeting of almost 40,000 additional badgers in 2024.

In a moving short film, our Co-Founder Dame Virginia McKenna remembers Pole Pole the elephant, whose tragic death at London Zoo led to the start of our charity.

Born Free is reiterating its call for the licence of South Lakes Safari Zoo, Cumbria, to be revoked after the recent BBC investigation added to the long list of damning indictments against the troubled zoo.

Charismatic and awe-inspiring, tigers are revered the world over, yet their needs can never be met when kept in a zoo, nor does their confinement meaningfully benefit the conservation of tigers in the wild.

With various animals in zoos gaining popularity online recently, Born Free urges fans and the wider public not to visit them.

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Born Free helps launch a shocking new report revealing the appalling rise of fake animal rescue videos.

The Labour party pledged to protect UK nature and stop wild animal suffering. So now, with your support, our charity calls on parliamentarians to do right by wildlife.

Charity calls on the UK government to take decisive action for nature and wild animals.

Patrons including Amanda Holden, Kirsty Gallacher, and Jenny Seagrove took part in a Born Free protest to shine a spotlight on the restrictive living conditions facing lions, leopards and tigers in zoos across the UK and Europe.