News & Updates

The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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Practical Training on the Production of Compost

Conservation Composting

To celebrate International Day of Forests, Donald Mbohli, Programme Lead for Born Free’s Guardians of Dja initiative, explains how composting is helping protect Cameroon’s apes.
A lioness walks in grass in golden light

Wildlife empowered: A conservation journey

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we spoke with one of Born Free’s inspiring female conservationists: Faith Ndunge.
A group of men wearing Born Free T-shirts helping to construct a boma

Life-saving ‘bomas’ arrive in Meru

Based on our successful work in Amboseli, Kenya, Born Free’s important new project in Meru is empowering local people, protecting livestock and saving lions.
A small crocodile sits submerged in water facing to the right of the image, with just the top of its head and eyes above the water

Why are dangerous wild animals as pets such a problem?

Born Free’s Captivity Research Officer Chris Lewis considers Born Free’s latest research into dangerous wild animals kept in private residences across Britain, and the problems that exotic pet ownership poses.
A herd of wild elephants walking through long grass

Born Free Co-Founder returns to Kenya for 40th anniversary

Marking Born Free's anniversary, Will Travers OBE video blogs from our charity's heartland in Kenya.
A group of people standing in front of a banner with a tiger on it

Tiger conservation: The next 20 years?

As the Satpuda Landscape Tiger Partnership celebrates 20 years, their annual seminar considered the next two decades of tiger conservation in the forests of Central India.
A chimpanzee sitting high up in the treetops, gripping a tree branch

New group of chimpanzees monitored in Uganda

Dr Matthew McLennan, Director of the Born Free-supported Bulindi Chimpanzee and Community Project, introduces us to the Kiraira-Kasunga chimpanzees.
A brown bear in a zoo enclosure stood on hind legs twisting its neck

Is zoochosis real?

With the recent announcement of a new horror video game of the same name, you may be wondering what ‘zoochosis’ really means. Our Policy Support Officer delves into the disturbing reality for many captive animals.
A wild tiger walking along a track

The travelling tiger

A tiger has undertaken an extraordinary 1,240-mile journey across India, which highlights why tiger ‘corridors’ are so important, explains Born Free’s Head of Conservation Dr Nikki Tagg.
A pine Martin standing on a wooden platform

Can tolerance help people and wildlife coexist?

Dr Keziah Nuttall, Born Free’s Conservation Manager, considers how tolerance and acceptance of wildlife can help people and wild animals to coexist.