Meru National Park, in Kenya, was the home of Elsa, the lioness made famous by the book and film Born Free and the inspiration for our charity.

In Elsa’s time, Meru was famous for its abundant wildlife. However, in the 1980s the park was overrun by poachers and its wildlife was decimated.

But, today, Meru is fighting back.Born Free has been working closely with Kenya Wildlife Service since 2014 to bring Meru back to its former glory. There is now a stable population of lions living within the national park, as well as a whole host of other wildlife.

With your help, we can increase our lion protection, monitoring and population tracking, expand our lion conservation work across Meru Conservation Area, and rekindle the entire ecosystem so that other species can flourish.

With your generous gift, we can provide a future for wild lions throughout this vital part of their Kenyan range.

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Photos: Mateo Bal, BFF