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A recent Sky TV HD video overview report on the ivory trade.
The illegal ivory trade starts with the slaughter of elephants Read more »
This footage of the dolphin stranding in Brazil is amazing.
This is a rare event for this area, unlike here on Cape Read more »
Markets for seal products are disappearing, and seals need protection from threats like climate change more than ever Read more »
A green wooden box emerged from the parting of coats and legs, cameras, tripods, microphones. From within came silence.
Too Read more »
In the terrible 2009 drought that precipitated our collaboration with the International Fund for Animal Welfare to begin our Read more »
As the International Day of Action for Seals is upon us, this is a perfect time to reflect on the current realities of the Read more »
I was horrified to see the pictures just released of Donald Trump Jr. and his brother Eric taken from an African safari the Read more »
Wading through the past week’s non-stop media commemorations of 3/11 -- a devastating day that changed both the Read more »
In 2008, Russia’s Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service (Rosprirodnadzor) toughened the penalties 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 »
IFAW staff visiting markets in Beijing have discovered many souvenirs made
from rare wild animals, including ivory carvings, musical instruments covered in
reptile skin and traditional Chinese medicines containing endangered
species. These w Read more »
International Fund for Animal
Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org), American
Humane Association (www.americanhumane.org), Farm
Sanctuary (www.farmsanctuary.org)
and Animal Rescue League of Boston (www.arlboston.org) landed in Illinois one
week ag Read more »
“The
Commission is trying to chart a course for the future while ignoring ongoing
whaling by just three member countries,” said Patrick Ramage, IFAW Global Whale
Program Director. “Whale conservation measures were put on ic Read more »
According to a new report from WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Global Ocean,
Latin America will host more than one million whale watch customers this year,
if the current stron Read more »
“IWC countries are being pressured not to vote for conservation
measures. If Japan, Iceland and Norway are genuinely interested in
compromise, they should immediately suspend their whaling as a sign of
good faith,” Ra Read more »
In a communiqué read by Mali delegate, Alpha Maiga, the range states
also opposed a recommendation by the CITES Secretariat designating China as an
Ivory trade partner and resolved to make a formal communication before the CITES
Standin Read more »
Staging at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Quincy, Illinois, the three groups
– the first to enter Illinois to assist in animal relief – have set up a
temporary shelter, which is growing each day. Twenty fawns, rescued by local
groups Read more »
In April, the Navy petitioned the Court for review of the February 29, 2008,
decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, allowing naval training
exercises to continue in the Southern California region but with greater
environmental safeguards Read more »
The research team, led by Dr. Scott Baker of Oregon State University,
analyzed DNA from 99 whale meat products purchased in Japanese markets since
2006 and identified six baleen whale species: humpback, fin, sei, Bryde’s, North
Pacific minke 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 »
– In a span of days, more than half a tonne of ivory has been seized by customs officials in two Asian countries. Last Read more »
June is baby month at the International Fund for Animal Welfare Beijing Raptor Rescue Center (BRRC) in China.
We look Read more »
Emmy is what we call a big producer.
In her short life, she had added more than her share of pups to the local dog Read more »
The last Northern Dogs Project vet clinic was over quickly.
It always seems like the vet team has just arrived when, Read more »
It’s time for our cubs to abandon the little lair-homes that served as their shelters during the initial months of Read more »
The New York Times today featured an opinion piece titled “Ivory Poachers and Their Enablers”.
Whilst the Read more »
In 2012, INTERPOL and the International Fund for Animal Welfare teamed up to execute Operation WORTHY, an law enforcement Read more »
During the last two weeks, International Fund for Animal Welfare staff in France, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom Read more »
Ask any parents with young kids nearing the end of a three week vacation in rainy weather what their idea of fun is, I would Read more »
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In the news
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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