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Our guide – Pracenjet had been dreaming to see the dhole for 7 years. And on the last day of our trip we saw a whole Read more »
Canada remains defiant in its intent to challenge the EU seal product ban at the WTO, despite the estimated $10 million Read more »
Only by fixing the system can we make sure we are providing imperiled species like the African lion with the best Read more »
Besides the obvious public safety concerns, the industry is thus fraught with numerous animal welfare concerns, which seem Read more »
It is no longer the exception, but rather the norm, that managers and decision-makers base conservation rulings on their own Read more »
Doroteo, the guinea pig casanova, arrived early to the clinic and was prepared with all the precautions all the patients at Read more »
If California (and Hawaii, Oregon and Washington state) can help spread the idea that shark fin soup is not desirable, then Read more »
Seeing the cruelty and suffering of the raptors was the defining moment for me. I pledged to set up a rescue center to Read more »
It’s not the end of this crisis, at least not for the animals because we know that there are thousands more in there. 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 »
NGOs have now carried out a preliminary examination of the site. They found
the pipeline work has caused environmental damage estimated at 2-billion Rubles
(US$70-million). The width of digging for the 800 km (497 mile) long pipeline
trench, set a Read more »
As the Grand Prize Winner, Moellman will receive a 60GB video iPod, and will
have his song featured in upcoming public service announcements about
the growing whale slaughter around the world.“At IFAW, we
wanted to present these magnificent Read more »
Sakhalin-2 is a jointly owned project of Royal Dutch Shell (55%), Japan’s Mitsui
& Co. Ltd. (25%) and the Mitsubishi Corporation (20%). Sakahlin-2 currently
produces over 70,000 barrels a day of oil, and with planned expansions is
expect Read more »
“If the Canadian government wants to end the cruelty of the seal hunt, then
Prime Minister Harper should end it once and for all,” said Olivier Bonnet,
Director of IFAW’s Canada office. “If they think there is no problem wit Read more »
Ting Cheng-lung, was arrested on 8 August 2006 at Ndola Airport in the
Copperbelt Province of Zambia, while in possession of 13 pieces of raw ivory
plus 106 pieces of carved ivory. The contraband ivory is estimated to be worth
US$50,000. IFAW Read more »
IFAW and other groups successfully lobbied more than half of all MEPs to sign
a Written Declaration calling for an end to the trade in seal products. A total
of 368 MEPs signed the Written Declaration 38, which will now be forwarded to
the Europea Read more »
After originally being exported illegally in 2001 from Africa to a zoo in
Taiping, Malaysia, the four gorillas – now about seven years old - have spent
the last two years at the National Zoological Gardens in Pretoria, South
Africa. The Read more »
Elephant populations in West and Central Africa are some of the continent’s
most vulnerable and most depleted. Only about three percent of Africa’s
elephants can be found in the region, less than 20,000 individuals – where once
h Read more »
More than 5,000 big cats are kept in facilities licensed by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) and it is estimated that thousands more are kept as pets.
“We’ve seen too many tragedies that could have been prevented,” 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 »
My two favorite things about my job are meeting our donors in person, and visiting our field offices around the world.
I Read more »
Dr. Robinson talks about dolphins stranded on Cape Cod: MyFoxBOSTON.com
Here is a round up of video and news stories from Read more »
In a massive rescue effort, IFAW’s (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) Marine Mammal Rescue and Read more »
Following a week-long meeting on whale conservation with the International Fund for Animal Welfare whale team in Reykjavik, Read more »
Using cute baby animals as mascots for entertainment or commercial promotions makes me hopping mad!
The most recent case was Read more »
Twenty years ago, at the now famous “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro, 100 world leaders wrote a prescription for Read more »
In Sydney the first few weeks of the year are a great time to be at work – seriously. It’s time to regroup, get Read more »
In a ‘comment’ posted on Nature.com, authors Christopher Costello, Leah R. Gerber and Steven Gaines argue the Read more »
The trial of two men accused of burying a dog alive on the sports field of a Cape Town school, begins on Friday 13th January 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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