To honor National Teachers’ Day, we want to highlight the educators actively participating in compassionate environmental and ...

From July 30 to August 2, 2026, members of nine coastal villages in Ivory Coast took part in a major beach clean-up event, collecting 69 bags of plastic waste in total. This blog is the fourth in a ...

Dive into Born Free USA’s work for wildlife with the Spring/Summer 2026 edition of Animal Issues Digest, featuring articles about marine conservation; work to clean up plastic waste and fight wildlife ...

Punch, a baby Japanese macaque born at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has recently become a viral sensation. Punch was sadly rejected by his mother soon after his birth and has suffered seemingly ...

Freeman is 24 years old and has been at the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary for 13 years! His life before he was rescued was very sad but, once he arrived at the sanctuary, he soon settled in nicely ...

As February rapidly approaches, so, too, does a popular “holiday” that occurs every year on February 2nd: Groundhog Day. As the folklore dictates, Groundhog Day stems from a Christian tradition called ...

Interacting with wild animals can be dangerous and has led to major pandemics like SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), Ebola, MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus), COVID-19 ...

While zoos claim that welfare needs in zoos are effectively met, the behavior of captive great apes tells us a different story. The high prevalence of stereotypies in zoo-housed primates points to ...

In mid-May 2025, the Columbus Zoo in Ohio found itself yet again in hot water with the authorities. Recently, the Ohio Office of the Attorney General and the Auditor of State’s Special Investigations ...

Back in late August of 2022, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., celebrated the birthday of two-year-old panda Xiao Qi Ji, by giving him a cake made of fruit with the number “2” ...

For example, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA- widely considered the highest standard accreditation agency in North America) recently published a newly updated version of their accreditation ...

Born Free USA is a global leader in animal welfare and conservation and operates one of the largest accredited primate sanctuaries in the United States. The Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary is home to ...