This World Environment Day, Born Free emphasises the urgent need for international action to combat wildlife and environmental crime.

Aged between 8 and 18, with a passion for wild animals? Keen to share your passion with the world? This could be your chance!

Born Free acknowledges positive progress concerning the Gentoo penguins held at SEA LIFE London Aquarium. The Born Free Foundation, Freedom for Animals and PETA (the campaigning charities), ...

Beloved and revered the world over, big cats are commonly displayed in zoos and other wild animal exhibits because of our desire to see them in the flesh, despite the toll this takes on the animals ...

Adopting an elephant helps to support Born Free’s work in preventing elephants’ mistreatment and endangerment. We work to stop elephants from being poached and killed for their ivory, as well as ...

Black-bellied pangolins (also known as the long-tailed pangolin), are found living in the forests of West and Central Africa. Under significant threat from hunting for both local and international ...

Sadly, wild lion populations face the risk of extinction from numerous threats including habitat loss due to encroachment by humans – farmers resort to poison, guns and snares to drive lions from ...

The latest news on the planned move of Kariba, from Belgian zoo Pakawi Park to Europe’s first large-scale elephant sanctuary, ...

– Acinonyx jubatus jubatus – distributed across southern and eastern Africa (combining two sub-species previously recognised) – Acinonyx jubatus hecki – distributed across West and north Africa – ...

Did you know, that the 200+ species of monkeys in the world can be divided into two distinct groups – Old World and New World? Here we delve deeper into the key differences between the two, and how ...

King cobras, crocodiles and cougars – we reveal the wild animals being kept next door. New data, published by Born Free, exposes the shocking number of dangerous wild animals being kept legally as ...

On World Elephant Day, we take a closer look this unique feature! What is an elephant’s trunk? Their trunk is an extended nose fused with the top lip. At the end of their trunks are prehensile ...