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“Buying this piece is a good investment”, a sales woman unlocked a cabinet to take out a ball with multiple Read more »
UPDATE: 9.26.11
After two months of good and steady information, the satellite tracking info started showing that Jason Read more »
“Welcome to this game of chess, Vivek” he said “a game that you can lose at any time, a game that you may Read more »
I was recently quoted in a United Arab Emirates online called The National on the topic of illegal wildlife trade activities Read more »
I wish you could hear what’s going on during their feeding – they know nothing about good manners. Their muzzles Read more »
As summer approaches, we again enjoy our outdoor community and plan driving and camping trips. For pet owners, these Read more »
Every Saturday morning at the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Dog & Cat Project in Jhb, a group of Read more »
We have sacrificed enormously to satisfy a huge agro-lobby that works directly against our small local producers and the Read more »
The comments below were the International Fund for Animal Welfare Asia regional director Grace Gabriel's opening Read more »
It is 8 am. The temperature is already near 40°C on this part of the planet, which has now been identified as a high- Watch Video »
WARNING: the video above may be disturbing to some viewers.
This week’s video of the horrific attack of a small Watch Video »
In this brief video above you can hear the IFAW-WTI team member and in this instance also camera person, Bhaskar Choudhury Watch Video »
This brief video above from Euronews describes the scene at the Paris Natural History Museum.
If there’s any doubt Watch Video »
Toma, seen taking her first steps in the video above, is one of six orphaned bear cubs recently rescued in Russia and Watch Video »
Last November, villagers from Anini, a small and remote town in Northeast India, spotted four tiger cubs moving around their Watch Video »
I was completely shocked to hear that 86 elephants were killed close to the Chad border with Cameroon and their ivory Watch Video »
A video update from Geneva, Switzerland on Canada's WTO challenge to the EU seal import ban by IFAW's EU Watch Video »
In order to support the Congolese authorities in their efforts to reinforce the protection of the forest elephants that Watch Video »
In November 2004, detectives from the Metropolitan Police executed search
warrants at three London premises belonging to George F Trumper Ltd, a company
specialising in the sale of gentleman's grooming accessories. Twenty four ivory
items were sei Read more »
The whaling ship, owned by prominent Icelandic businessman Kristjan Loftsson,
arrived this morning at Hvalfjordur (Whale Fjord), a small inlet with a dock
used by whalers in Iceland’s whaling days. The country’s sole whale meat
process Read more »
Over the past five years, more than 1.25 million seals have been hunted in
Canada’s annual commercial hunt – making it the largest marine mammal hunt in
the world. Recently, in opposition to the hunt, the European community
has taken s Read more »
The whalers are on the hunt for a fin whale, one of nine the government has
issued hunting permits for. Fin whales are endangered under IUCN guidelines and
second only to the blue whale in terms of size -- growing to average lengths of
18-22m and Read more »
The announcement was made by Iceland’s Ministry of Fisheries, which said permits
had been granted for the commercial hunting of 30 minke whales and nine
endangered fin whales. While Iceland has not officially hunted whales commercial
over th Read more »
The Parliament resolution
considers that the protection of animals in Europe should not be restricted
to farm animals and animals in experimentation but should extend to all groups
of animals, including wild animals with full regard paid to anima Read more »
CITES lists the tiger among the most endangered species in need of protection,
identifying illegal trade as the major threat to the species. Poaching to supply
tiger parts to illegal markets has completely wiped out wild tigers from some
nature re Read more »
Botswana, Namibia and South Africa were granted permission by CITES in 2002 to
sell 60 tonnes of ivory stockpiles, despite widespread opposition by many
governments and NGOs. The sale is dependent on certain conditions being met,
including the eff Read more »
“Making Waves for Seals,” is this year’s theme – focusing on seals and the many
threats seals face like: pollution, habitat loss, climate change, entanglement
in fishing nets, commercial hunting and extinction. IFAW distribu Read more »
As domesticated animals, dogs and cats
rely on us for the basic care that is essential for
their health and well-being. At Read more »
Official government of Japan statistics, Japanese press clippings, and public opinion polling in Japan show conclusively that Read more »
The IFAW research vessel Song of the Whale (SOTW) left the Azores at the beginning of May bound for the north-east coast of t Read more »
The illicit trade in wildlife is not only a serious global environmental crime with profoundly negative impacts for endangere Read more »
The EU legislation being challenged by Canada and Norway is Regulation (EC) No. 1007/2009, also known as the “EU s Read more »
The preliminary submissions in this brief are aimed at correcting the misleading and incomplete manner in which Canada has ch Read more »
Cape Cod is one of only a few places in the world where multiple whales and dolphins frequently beach themselves. These mass Read more »
Janice Girardi, the founder and Director of the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) never arrives at the office before Read more »
Time flies when you’re having fun, so they say. The past 12 months have certainly been amongst the fastest of my life Read more »
It's been quite a week.
Fortunately, we haven't had any more stranded dolphins since Monday, but yesterday we Read more »
Cairo Airport’s officers have foiled an attempt by a Kuwaiti national to smuggle out three lion cubs from Egypt.
The Read more »
Delphine Wespiser has always been concerned about animal welfare, but ever since her election as Miss France 2012, she has Read more »
Satellite tracking data from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) suggests the majority of Read more »
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of the tragedy currently unfolding in the cold, muddy marshes of Cape Cod.
In Read more »
On Monday this week, on a farm near Mossel Bay in the Western Cape, another rhino was poached, bringing the tally to Read more »
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Ivory Worship - Thousands of elephants die each year so that their tusks can be carved into religious objects. Can the slaughter be stopped? See the original article »
Japan, Norway, others vote down South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary - The Los Angeles Times See the original article »
Mysterious Cape Cod dolphin beachings continue - CBSNEWS.com See the original article »
The New York Times: Dozens of Stranded Dolphins on Cape Cod Shores Perplex Rescuers See the original article »
The UAE National: "Falcon smuggler arrested at airport" - IFAW's Elsayed Mohamed is quoted: See the original article »
The Guardian: Activists push for international ban on legal trade in polar bear items See the original article »
Los Angeles Times - "South Korea said to be scrapping whaling plan after outcry" - IFAW's Matt Collis is quoted: See the original article »
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