News & Updates

A weighty 75,504 global citizens (including at least 9,011 voices from South Africa) are calling on Minister Barbara Creecy and her Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to implement the New Deal for People and Wildlife.

Two sea turtles held in captivity for 15 and 30 years are getting a second chance of freedom, following their release back into the wild. The story of Genoveffa and Gavino, loggerhead turtles that were kept in poor conditions at an aquarium in Sardinia.

Protecting endangered grey crowned cranes: An update on the recipient of Born Free’s McKenna-Travers Award 2020.

‘State of the Earth’ Question Time will take place in Glasgow, on 7 November.

What does the United Nations’ World Habitat Day mean to Born Free and the wild animals we strive to keep safe?

Singaporean 13-year-old becomes Born Free's first ever youth representative from outside of the UK.

Born Free's newest Youth Ambassador, Ayan Kamath Mehra, describes his passion for rhino conservation.

Conservation and wildlife law experts call for immediate halt to capture and export of wild elephants from vulnerable desert-adapted population.

Born Free’s Policy Advisor Dominic Dyer calls for sanctions NOW to end the shameful Faroe Islands slaughter of whales and dolphins.

Meet the remarkable individuals shortlisted for this new award, and help select our winner.