Born Free USA united with API

Born Free USA engaged with members of Congress and the Administration regarding legislation to protect wildlife and their habitats. Bills included, among others, the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, The Captive Primate Safety Act, and the Mink Virus Act. The organization educated the public about federal legislation and proposed regulatory changes and encouraged them to advocate.

Born Free USA raised public awareness of the dangers and cruelty of keeping wild animals as pets; use in entertainment venues such as zoos and theme parks; the wildlife trade; and the trapping and fur industry. The organization used social media, mainstream media, and educational outreach materials to advance its charitable purposes. It maintains an interactive database of deadly and dangerous captive wild animal incidents to shed light on the magnitude of the issue of captive exotic animals, along with a database of trap-related injuries and deaths to make the public aware of the dangers of traps of wildlife, pets, and humans on public and private lands. It also addressed the supply and demand of fur for fashion by urging retailers and fashion houses to pledge to be fur free. Born Free USA worked to end cruelty to furbearing animals by advocating for policy changes related to the barbaric body-gripping traps and snares in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The organization worked to educate citizens about trophy hunting and the illegal wildlife trade. Born Free USA conducted a series of wildlife law enforcement trainings for judges, prosecutors and customs officers in ECOWAS member countries. These trainings enhanced the ability of the countries law enforcement officers to enforce CITES regulations and to combat wildlife crime. It led fact-finding missions in collaboration with ECOWAS governments to evaluate the impact of wildlife crime evaluate the impact of wildlife crime on biodiversity and develop a regional strategy to combat it.