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We were saddened to learn of the death of a rhino named ‘Spencer’ yesterday during the attempted demonstration Read more »
My team is responding to another live dolphin about to strand in Wellfleet as I write this from the Command Center.
If Read more »
The Council of Representatives of Iraq has finished the second reading of a draft law to join the Convention on Read more »
As the news broke of the Chipolopolo Boys’ (aka the Copper Bullets from Zambia) victory over Ghana in the 2012 Africa Read more »
Since my last blog post, dolphins have continued to strand daily on Cape Cod. In the midst of the rescue efforts, we held a Read more »
The practice of keeping wild and exotic animals such as lions, monkeys, tortoises and raptors is increasing through out the Read more »
I meant to update everyone on the dog house build for the northern community but between travel and a travel bug, I’ve Read more »
The short video below was produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare team. One way to help the team effort is Read more »
This has been an exceptional stranding season for us - having already responded to 102 dolphins since January Read more »
In the video above, IFAW CEO & President Azzedine Downes speaks with INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. Watch Video »
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 »
Touhey and her team of four full-time staff joined IFAW last summer after
working as a separate organization for nearly ten years. The stranding network,
which has a dedicated corps of more than 350 local volunteers, responds to
approximately 500 Read more »
“We are very pleased that the Russian government is taking steps towards
ending the whitecoat hunt,” remarked Masha Vorontsova, Director of IFAW Russia.
“We acknowledge this step as an important achievement for animal welfare;
ho Read more »
The animals, which were hand-raised at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation
and Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga National Park, were translocated yesterday,
by truck, 450 kilometers to Manas National Park. Manas National Park is a World
Heritage Read more »
“This is great news and a brave step by Government in upholding its mandate as custodian and caretaker of our wildlife. Now what is needed is to ensure the law is so tightly drafted that it leaves no gaps to be exploited by commercial operators Read more »
The bears were hand raised at the Center for Bear Rehabilitation and
Conservation (CBRC), a project jointly managed by IFAW, WTI, and the Arunachal
Pradesh Forest Department. This unique rehabilitation center, located in
northeast India's Arunacha Read more »
IFAW worked with local group Fundación Patagonia Natural (FPN) and the
Argentine government in the rescue of 200 threatened Magellanic penguins and
other birds including Steamer ducks, Silvery grebes, cormorants and Great
grebes reaching Read more »
In March the Metropolitan Police confirmed that they were intending to cut
core funding for two of the four posts within the wildlife crime unit due to
police budget constraints. However, after receiving 6,000 letters and emails
from members of th Read more »
Delegates gathered in the West African country of Mali’s capital for a
two-day meeting to discuss how they will pave the way forward for elephants
following decisions at the 14th Conference of the Parties of CITES (Convention
on Internationa Read more »
The African elephant range states included Mali, Niger, Senegal, Burkina
Faso, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria, Ghana,
Liberia, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya.
Mali and Kenya 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 »
Americans Love Whales
From sea to shining sea and across the political spectrum, the American people want their political Read more »
When I woke up early in the morning yesterday and caught the morning news in the TV, a visual of an elephant with its calf Read more »
Seventy five percent of Japan’s 2011 North Pacific whaling season meat went unsold despite thirteen separate public Read more »
Nearly five tonnes of elephant ivory and thousands of ivory ornaments went up in smoke in Gabon, Central West Africa this Read more »
This video captures some of the tourists who were approached during the “Meet Us Don’t Eat Us” campaign Read more »
One of the most frequent comments I hear when talking to people about elephants is some variation of “that’s Read more »
Like most enthusiastic birdwatchers, I can’t resist penguins, pelicans, boobies and so many different species of Read more »
Hundreds of elephant tusks are piled up in a burning heap at one of the national parks in Africa as a group of people Read more »
On the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Chinese micro blog site, a post about an online ivory shopper who was 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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