To honor National Reptile Day, we want to highlight a new five-part docuseries, Monsters of God, which recently aired in ...

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 ...

Along the shores of Ivory Coast, an exciting story with a hopeful ending is quietly unfolding. With support from Born Free USA, Ivory Coast authorities recently launched community outreach activities ...

A new article, Identifying inconsistencies in exotic pet regulations that perpetuate trade in risky species (Pratt et al., 2023), discusses the main consequences that result from the severely flawed ...

This blog is the second in a series of four blog articles that will highlight marine conservation work in Ivory Coast. Follow along for the rest of the series! A conservation program is only as strong ...

Despite other cities exhibiting wild animals earlier at more informal menageries (small collections of “exotic” animals), like the Central Park Zoo in 1864, the Philadelphia Zoo is often cited as the ...

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” ...

Thanks to the exotic pet trade, Burmese pythons can now we found in the wild in Florida, where they out-compete native wildlife for resources. What happens when an exotic animal owner realizes that ...

Over the last few years, with the negative effects of global climate change and human population growth becoming more apparent, we can’t help but notice another disturbing trend: countless fatal ...

Born Free USA’s new report, Confined Giants: The Plight of Giraffe in Zoos, explores the lives of these huge mammals when held captive for entertainment. The research makes clear that zoos are doing ...

The zoo industry has long studied the physiological and behavioral effects visitors can have on animal welfare. While some studies (many problematically sponsored by the zoo industry itself) have ...