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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- Read more »
Usually I try to restrict my blog to writing stories about my study families; these are the elephants that I know well as I Read more »
The discussion on the European Union’s import ban on seal products continued last week as the second panel Read more »
It’s been a busy week or so for those following the dying whaling industry in Iceland. The lone Icelandic Read more »
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Mid-year Meeting last week was a family affair.
CGI is an organization that brings Read more »
Dog ownership in China has boomed in recent years. But more dogs don’t necessarily mean that owners are aware of how Read more »
WARNING: the video above may be disturbing to some viewers.
This week’s video of the horrific attack of a small Read more »
This story was recently shared with us by a staff member at the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Read more »
Together, the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Animal Action Education team and Time for Kids (the youth 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 »
On November 24, a 49-foot pregnant right whale was killed off the Virginia
coast after it was apparently struck by a Navy Vessel on November 17th.
This pregnant female and her full term fetus both bled to death. In December, a
dead right wha Read more »
“Hundreds of animals, mostly pelicans, are stained with oil and we are
attempting to catch and wash them as quickly as possible,” said Beatriz
Bugeda, IFAW's Latin America country director.
On the scene, IFAW is working in coopera Read more »
IFAW has deployed emergency relief teams of veterinarians and animal care
experts from Australia, China, United Kingdom and the United States to work
collaboratively with local groups in affected areas in India, Sri Lanka and
Thailand.
“Thi Read more »
‘Wildlife Conservation: In Pursuit of Ecological
Sustainability’ is the first in a series of international forums being
hosted by IFAW, (International Fund for Animal Welfare www.ifaw.org/forum). The
IFAW Forum at Limerick will run fro Read more »
“There are only 5,000 tigers left in the wild but as many as 10,000 being kept
as pets in basements and backyards across the U.S. and there are few, if any,
legal safeguards to protect the animals or public safety,” said Sarah Tyack,
d Read more »
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with the Canadian government
in this important project,” IFAW Canada campaigner Barbara Cartwright said.
The Canadian Wildlife Service recently retired 228 Motorola PT 300
radios used t Read more »
Only two days ago, IFAW applauded initiatives taken by the Beijing Forestry
Bureau to ban the eating of wildlife in Beijing restaurants and markets. But, at
a seminar held recently in Beijing by the State Forestry Administration in
Beijing talk of Read more »
The municipal order bans the eating and serving of more than 1800 species of
wildlife in restaurants and street stands. The prohibition list includes key
protected species such as snakes, civet cats, pangolins and turtles as well as
those that are Read more »
The MPs, from all parties, signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for urgent
international action to address the bushmeat crisis. At current levels, bushmeat
hunting could drive our closest animal relatives, Africa’s great apes (gorillas, 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 »
DiCaprio serves as the global ambassador for the program, which highlights a different animal and conservation theme each Read more »
Mass exterminations of grey seals have been called for many times over the years in Canada, so it comes as no surprise to us Read more »
Following Japanese media reports today that whaling will continue with around US$27 million in additional government Read more »
There is some serious monkey business about the way captive chimps are treated in this country. When faced with concrete Read more »
Her name is Tiffy. But I’m calling her Pippi -- as in Longstocking -- because that is a ridiculous name for a short Read more »
UPDATE: 10.4.11 Sura means "New Life" and that’s quite literally what this girl has found herself. This is Read more »
After two months of good and steady information, the satellite tracking info started showing that Jason suddenly separated Read more »
“Thousands of animals have been left out in the open under the rain or in the scorching sun with no help at all, 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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