News & Updates

The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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A wild gorilla sitting in dense leafy undergrowth

Back with a ROAR this spring.

Prepare to get messy! Our new kids’ magazine is crammed with fun activities and intriguing facts to get your wild child into nature. And, it’s available free!
A frog swimming in a pond

Wild gardens & No Mow May

Like to encourage local birds, bees and other wild animals? Large or small, your garden can be a haven for wildlife, encourages Rescue & Care Coordinator Tarnya Knight.
A lioness walking through long grass

Lions, World Book Day & Michael Morpurgo

An incredible 23,945 school pupils joined Sir Michael for a live reading from classic children’s novel The Butterfly Lion, at our webinar last month. Education Officer Charlie Smith reports.
Wild Tiger in India

Tigers in crisis

On Earth Day 2024, Yashvardhan Dalmia, network coordinator for Satpuda Landscape Tiger Partnership (SLTP), urges you to help protect India’s tigers by doubling your donation with Green Match Fund.
A tiger standing in between two trees looking up at the camera

Sandro – three years of bliss

In April 2021, thanks to your kind donations, a rescued tiger arrived at his lifetime home at Animanatura Wild Sanctuary in Italy. Rescue & Care Officer Dr Andrea Donaldson brings us the latest news, three years on.
Chimpanzee in a tree

Conservation incentives are a win-win

Providing incentives to reduce hunting wild animals for meat can benefit people and wildlife. Born Free’s Head of Conservation Dr Nikki Tagg reports on exciting new research from the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon.
A black banner with a close-up of tiger's eyes and the text 'Tigers in Crisis' overlaid

What is the Green Match Fund?

Find out how this national initiative will help fund Born Free’s vital tiger conservation work, by doubling your donations between the 18th and 25th April.
An adult serval lying down relaxing amongst long grass and vegetation

Four servals, two years on

Rescued from Belgium’s illegal pet trade and given a new life in South Africa, how has the quartet of long-legged wild cats settled into their forever home?
Bill Travers with Pole Pole the elephant in London Zoo

Remembering Bill

Today, we especially think of our Co-Founder Bill Travers MBE, who died 30 years ago this day. In a very special blog, our Executive President Will Travers OBE considers his father’s extraordinary, world-changing legacy.
Amanda Holden wearing a bright yellow dress, stood behind a lectern and in front of a Born Free 40 logo

Born Free: Fabulous at 40

Born Free's Footsteps to Freedom Ball was a gala evening celebrating 40 years of action for wild animals in need and raising vital funds.