Born Free

In mid-November the Wildlife Centre unveiled its latest addition – The Watering Hole bar.
While The Watering Hole is not an animal, it will help to support the animals in its sales of drinks and small snacks such as crisps, peanuts and popcorn.
The Watering Hole provides a place for visitors to relax and quench their thirst [...]

Hello blogsters.
You remember recently I told you about two tiny baby Bush Babies we rescued, Barack and Obama? Well an update on our boys.
They are growing well, they weighed only about 112 grams each when we got them and now they have doubled in size and weigh just above 150 grams! They were syringe fed [...]

From all at Born Free Foundation and the projects which we support, we would like to wish you all the best for the holidays and for the New Year!! 
A special thank you goes out to Nadia K who has made her second donation, this time of $75 – your continued support is so appreciated and [...]

Thanks for all the comments and donations following the previous Blogs.
Apologies for the lengthy delay since the last Blog. Ethiopia may be seven years behind the rest of the world (this year it is 2001) so maybe that explains why I always seem to be catching up and need a few more hours in each [...]

I’ve just come back from a place called Ilmarba where we’ve been working in this great little school called Olmoti. It’s next to Amboseli National Park. I’ve told you this before, I think, but anyway, when we started work there in 2004, there were about 70 children in the school. And yet, we found many [...]

On Saturday Felix found himself again alone in front of another ape arrest operation, with another chance to save a baby chimp.
Felix had to make all the planning for this operation alone – a very small rural town three hours from Yaounde. He had to discuss plans with the LAGA undercover agent, be shown how to use [...]

Anyone who’s been on Safari will tell you how difficult it is to see any of the big cats in the wild. The time of year, weather, location, luck and even one’s choice of safari guide all play a role in the Big Cat experience. And what a joy it is when you see these [...]

A little message to Emma T who has made a very kind donation of $50!!  THANK YOU!!
As always, all donations are so appreciated and Open donations will be wisely spent by the projects which take part in this blog.  If you would like to donate specifically to any of the projects, please donate in the [...]