2025 figures offer a stark reminder of the escalating scale of global wildlife trafficking, fuelled by demand for exotic pets ...

Born Free’s Co-Founder and Executive President, Will Travers OBE, honours Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton CBE, a pioneering force in ...

Born Free’s Head of Policy, Dr Mark Jones, reports back on the key outcomes from the international wildlife trade conference.

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 ...

Over the last century, wild tiger numbers have plummeted from 100,000 to an estimated 2,608 to 3,905 mature individuals, accompanied by a loss of more than 93% of tiger habitat range, according to the ...

Adopting a giraffe helps support us in preventing their mistreatment and endangerment. Habitat loss has led to their population decreasing by 40% in the last three decades. With less than 100,000 ...

Adopting a cheetah helps to fund the lifetime care of Born Free’s Cheetah Family at our Ensessa Kotteh (which means ‘animal footprint’ in Amharic) sanctuary in Ethiopia. These cheetah have all been ...

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 ...

Adopting a gorilla helps to support Born Free’s work in protecting vital gorilla habitats, and funding ranger patrols to monitor gorillas and prevent illegal poaching and hunting for bushmeat. Born ...