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A roar rose from under the small log house. We froze, and our hearts quickened. The dazzle of sunlight on snow made the Read more »
Teeming with life
In my previous visits to Amboseli Park, I had not experienced as much wildlife as I did recently. The long Read more »
Last January the International Fund for Animal Welfare China office Asia Regional Director Grace Ge Read more »
Today Canadian Senator Mac Harb will formally re-introduce legislation to end the commercial seal hunt in Canada.
Despite Read more »
Around the world, dogs and cats are poisoned, beaten, neglected or otherwise abused because there are “too many Read more »
When the spring comes, the rains are not far behind. Yes, this is the season of pre- monsoon in Northeast India. Kaziranga Read more »
Elephants are capricious.
In fact, I’m beginning to suspect that after 40 years, the Amboseli elephants might well Read more »
I get asked a lot about why IFAW travels to the ice each year to document the commercial seal hunt. Many people Read more »
Two weeks ago today, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and our proud partners unveiled a new Apple iPad and iPhone 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 »
“Apparently, the last lousy idea of the Bush Administration
was to legitimize commercial whaling in the 21st century. It's unbelievable, and fundamentally
un-American. We should be encouraging Japan, Iceland and Norway
to end whaling, Read more »
Rangers had trailed the poacher
and his accomplice for 17 hours on foot, according to area warden Josphat Erupe.
“We noticed one poacher on top of a tree but he jumped down and vanished. We
only became aware that there was a second man when Read more »
“The floods have been an overwhelming disaster for
the people of Fiji.
IFAW is pleased to be invited to work
along side humanitarian relief efforts to save animals and
minimize suffering in this time of crisis,” sa Read more »
“IFAW is grateful to eBay for taking this important step
forward for elephant conservation. By setting the bar with a global ban on
ivory, eBay is proving to be an example for both governments and online dealers
to also take a stand on one o Read more »
The announcement was
made as part of a campaign IFAW and Taobao collaboratively initiated to combat
online wildlife crime. In the unprecedented collaboration, IFAW and
Taobao.com share information about online illegal wildlife trade and jointly
r Read more »
The International Whaling Commission (IWC),
responsible for whale conservation, is holding a three-day Small Working Group
meeting in Cambridge from Monday with delegates from
around 24 countries expected to attend. The aim of the meeting is to mo Read more »
A report released today by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Ocean Noise: Turn it down, showed that, in recent decades, ocean noise created by human activities has risen dramatically, posing a major threat to many marine mammals. Nois Read more »
A report released today
by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Ocean Noise: Turn it down, showed that,
in recent decades, ocean noise created by human activities has risen
dramatically, posing a major threat to many marine mammals. N Read more »
According to reports,
four people have died after being bitten by dogs but their death is not
necessarily the result from the bite or from rabies. However the local
government has called for people to start killing dogs on the
street.
“The 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 »
American actress Kristin Bauer van Straten plays a lethal vampire on television, but is even more deadly serious in her Read more »
This is a heart-wrenching and beautiful letter written by a woman whose lovely dog died yesterday in Bali.
The dog’s Read more »
When I was a child, the borders of my country were closed. I grew up in the Soviet Union and only the most privileged Read more »
As hundreds of flights landing and taking off at the new international airport in Kunming, Yunnan province in China, Read more »
The growing regional demand for having wild and exotic animals as pets fuels illegal wildlife trade in the Middle East. 886 Read more »
“This is a difficult battle, this conservation. We need to address the root cause and raise awareness for people to Read more »
If you wanted to ask an elephant a question, how would you go about it? One way would be to record an elephant’s call Read more »
The United Arab of Emirates’s Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) has announced a new regulation on importing Read more »
Janice Girardi of the International Fund for Animal Welfare-supported Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) has shared this 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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