News & Updates

Virginia McKenna OBE, Born Free's Co-Founder & Trustee, remembers Elsa the world-famous lioness on the 60th anniversary of her death.

Virginia McKenna OBE pays tribute to George Adamson who lost his life on this day in 1989.

The official estimate for the number of lions living in Kenya has increased 25% to 2,489, according to the Kenyan government.

Will Travers OBE, Born Free’s Executive President & Co-Founder, reflects on his family’s personal connection with Meru and why Born Free will continue to keep the spirit of Elsa the lioness burning brightly.

We have recently launched a report, Trophy Hunting: Busting the myths and exposing the cruelty, to examine the scale, scope and impact of trophy hunting and debunk the claims made by trophy hunters. Taken from that report, here’s 10 facts you need to know about trophy hunting

In March this year, a man was mauled to death by his pet lion. The man, from the Czech Republic, had kept the lion – as well as a lioness – in a cage in the back garden of his family home for three years.

Born Free is working closely with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to safeguard the future of a pride of lions called ‘Elsa’s Pride’.