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Act now to invest in nature

A new initiative involving 20 of the world’s leading conservation organisations, including Born Free, today issued an unprecedented joint Declaration to the G20 calling for urgent action to invest in nature to protect biodiversity and avoid future pandemics.

Meet Mowgli

Mowgli The Leopard Lives At Our Big Cat Sanctuary At Shamwari Private Game Reserve, South Africa.

Obrc success stories

The Orphan Bear Rescue Centre (OBRC), In Russia, Monitors The Bears Released Back To The Wild.

Meet the brown bear orphans

These Orphaned And Abandoned Cubs Are Given The Chance Of A Wild Life, Thanks To The Born Free-supported Orphan Bear Rescue Centre (OBRC).

Copenhagen zoo kills again: Born Free reaction

Born Free outraged as three wolves are killed to make room for a ‘new and modern area’.

New eu ivory trade proposals will do little to protect elephants

Long-awaited proposals to change the EU’s lax rules on ivory trade fail to go anywhere near far enough to dis-incentivise further elephant poaching.

What a difference a year makes!

After being rescued from a failed zoo in Southern Spain and moved to the Born Free Rescue Section at Panthera Africa Big Cat Sanctuary, supported by IAG Cargo and British Airways Holidays, lionesses Alpha and Cora celebrate one year in their ‘forever home’.

Brown bear threats

Worldwide, there’s an estimated 200,000 brown bears living in the wild, and they face serious threats.

Lion hunt cancelled in zimbabwe: Born Free reaction

Born Free is relieved to learn that a planned lion hunt from within the pride that Cecil the lion once led has been cancelled.

Meet the bears

Introducing some of the cubs who have been cared for by OBRC this year.