News & Updates

Born Free’s Selfish Selfies campaign is raising awareness of the use of captive wild animals as props for souvenir photos and encouraging people to pledge not to support this exploitative industry. It’s a global issue affecting thousands of animals, explains Born Free’s Captivity Campaigns Information Coordinator Sarah Jefferson.

New article by Born Free’s Head of Policy, Dr Mark Jones highlights the damage caused to individual animals, their social groups and the wider ecology.

Born Free to join colleagues at the Time for Change Coalition’s launch event in London.

Born Free will be at the European Parliament in Brussels with our Dolphinaria-Free Europe coalition colleagues, to discuss why captivity is not a suitable environment for cetaceans.

New Born Free-backed report highlights failings to protect and improve animal welfare in the UK.

Born Free leads a delegation to meet with Labour Shadow Ministers for Europe and the Environment, calling for trade sanctions against the Faroe Islands to end whale and dolphin hunts.

Today in Parliament, MPs voted on the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.

Care about badgers? Join us to lobby your MP to end the badger cull.

Born Free urges members of the public to take action against cruel and outdated Reptile Show by writing to host venue.

The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill passed its Second Reading in the House of Lords on 16th June, and will now progress to a Committee of the Whole House.