Dear John,

With Mother’s Day just around the corner on Sunday 30th March, we’re celebrating all the mums, adopted mums and mother figures around the world!

As you will know, many of the rescued animals Born Free supports have lost their mums at a young age. However, it brings us great joy when we see both humans AND other animals stepping up to care for them!

You may have seen our recent update about Barbie the gorilla – rescued after her family were killed by bushmeat hunters in Cameroon, she was taken in by our partners at Ape Action Africa. After first establishing her health and wellbeing through loving care, she has now been introduced to an older female gorilla, Luci, who we hope will act as a surrogate mum to Barbie – the pair have been getting on well in their supervised meetings so far and the signs are promising!

Did you know you can give animal adoptions as a gift?

Animal adoptions make a great gift for Mother’s Day! They can be personalised and either sent in the post, or digitally via email, to show your love while supporting our work to protect wild animals.

Barbie and the Gorilla Family are just one of the species available for adoption – take a look at our full list and decide which one your mum would like best!

From homeware gift sets to T-shirts and totes, and even virtual gifts to directly help wild animals, we’ve got something for all budgets.

These are a few of our favourites!

From, your friends at Born Free.

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