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The latest news, blogs and features from Born Free.

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Tiger threats: electrocution

Wild tigers face many threats to their survival across the Satpuda landscape of central India, where Born Free’s Living with Tigers programme operates. A serious threat is electrocution.

Tiger education on the move

At a high school in Bothali, in the buffer zone of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, 700 children are learning about human-wildlife co-existence. The Mobile Education Unit of Born Free’s Living with Tigers programme is making its regular visit.

Thai tiger burning bright

Situated along the Dângrêk escarpment heading to North Eastern Thailand, the Dong Phayayen – Khao Yai forest complex is one of the largest contiguous tracts of forest in the country. It is also home to a population of endangered Indochinese tigers and a designated World Heritage Site.

Protecting tigers with bamboo

Born Free’s Living with Tigers programme runs a number of initiatives across Satpuda to protect the estimated 500 tigers that live in this beautiful area of central India.

Matriarchal motivation

The female voice is not lost at Born Free, or in conservation, says Born Free’s Sarah Locke

Worshipping tigers

Tigers are everywhere. They’re one of nature’s most charismatic and revered animals, with an eternal appeal promoted in cultures the world over. But how are tigers viewed by the people who live alongside tigers every day?

Chimpanzee escape at belfast zoo

Born Free is shocked to learn that a group of chimpanzees escaped from their enclosure at Belfast Zoo on 9th Feb, after leaning a tree branch against the wall of their enclosure and climbing out.