News & Updates

To celebrate World Chimpanzee Day, we recently spoke with the project director of the Bulindi Chimpanzee and Community Project, one of Born Free’s partners in Uganda.

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 was saddened to hear of the recent deaths of Janette and John Ward, but we are so grateful for their wonderful, long-term support of our wildlife charity, in honour of their daughter Julie.

This World Sea Turtle Day, Born Free remembers Genoveffa and Gavino, two triumphant turtles who endured years in captivity, but are now swimming free thanks to tourists raising a red flag and reporting their concerns.

Thanks to your generous donations, a year ago today our rescued lion arrived at his wonderful new sanctuary home in Italy.

Born Free takes a closer look at the bonds between lions – specifically addressing the question often asked of whether it is ‘natural’ for two male lions, such as our rescued lions Horus and Dadou, to be friends.

We don’t just rescue lions, tigers and bears. It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week and the perfect time to celebrate the wonderful wild animals on our doorstep.

A few months ago, you helped rescue an orphaned pangopup in the tropical forests of Central African Republic. Our Rescue & Care team reports on what happened next.

Two years ago today, thanks to your generous donations, we gave Sandro the tiger – rescued from a rundown Spanish zoo – a new home at a sanctuary in Italy.