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After two months of good and steady information, the satellite tracking info started showing that Jason suddenly separated Read more »
We just received the assessment from our team in Pakistan and as we feared, the conditions are horrible. The images show an Read more »
Seeing the amount of nets actually out on the water every day brings home just how much of a threat these pose to both Read more »
In this short video produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare Dr. Ian Robinson gives us an update on the Read more »
There is a laundry list of animals and plants seeking protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and it has become Read more »
In most French-speaking places ‘La Rentrée’ refers to the return to school for eager, and not-so eager Read more »
It's coming across the wires as I type: President Obama has just announced diplomatic moves against Iceland for its Read more »
Many of those secret details will eventually be known to all, as the main purpose of this training is to launch a series of Read more »
As we drove out of the airport, the high walls and electrified fences of Johannesburg quickly changed into the parched Read more »
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 »
Take a moment to watch this video on the recent elephant collaring in Amboseli and learn more of IFAW’s partnership Watch Video »
Even the death of thousands of newborn pups in the Gulf of Saint-Laurent due to
global warming has not prompted the Canadian authorities to cancel the hunt as
recommended by the experts. In this particular respect, Canada's attitude can be
qualifi Read more »
In recent years, the government has set the yearly TAC around 300,000 animals, a
number well above the sustainable levels estimated by its own scientists. This
year, despite poor ice conditions that could result in 100% natural seal pup
mortality, Read more »
“The conditions this year are disastrous. I’ve surveyed this region for six
years and I haven’t seen anything like this.“ said Sheryl Fink, a senior
researcher with IFAW. “There is wide open water and almost no s Read more »
According to the latest reports from scientific agencies in Canada, ice
conditions on Canada’s east coast are shaping up to be among the worst on
record. Current ice conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence appear to be worse
than in 2002, whe Read more »
Recommendations contained in the Draft National Norms and Standards for Elephant
Management released on Friday, 2nd March, include stopping the capture from the
wild of anything other than genuine orphan elephant calves. The taking of
juvenile ele Read more »
In response to this disaster, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) and CARE (Center for Animal Rescue
and Education) have mobilized a team to rescue domestic animals that were left
homeless and abandoned and to provide basic Read more »
In making the announcement, South Africa’s Minister of Environment and Tourism,
Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, said that his department would commit an initial five
million rand ($675,000 or 514,000 Euros) to explore science-based options for
the Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) said the announcement today by the
Minister of Environment and Tourism, Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, that his
department would commit an initial R5-million to an elephant research projec Read more »
"IFAW will continue to oppose the Government of Japan's whaling activities in
the Southern Ocean Sanctuary and its international efforts to expand commercial
whaling, but our thoughts and prayers at this time are also with Kazutaka
Makita, the cre 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 »
The above slideshow contains photos of Maju and Raja, two young rhinos who were rehabilitated at the International Read more »
The mass stranding event of common dolphins in Cape Cod that started in January 12, 2012 officially Read more »
Four bear cubs were brought to the International Fund for Animal Welfare bear rescue center from the Central Forest Nature Read more »
In a casual conversation today, I learned that some of my colleagues were unaware that today is International Women’s Read more »
About 16 miles off the coast of Uganda, in Lake Victoria, lies Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Read more »
On February 16th, The Jakarta Post published the article “Bali lowers rabies alert level: Good news or bad?”- Read more »
This is an yet unpublished letter to the editor of Australia’s The Age in response to the March 2nd opinion written by Read more »
Recently, I had the privilege of representing the International Fund for Animal Welfare at the launch of the “ Read more »
VIDEO: An Esso spot from the 1960s...
Exxon, or Esso as it was known in those days (and still is in some parts of the world 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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