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If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the GTI efforts, it’s that we shouldn’t wait until there are Read more »
We are on our way to a farm in Swanieville. The dusty road meanders towards the entrance to the farm and Cora Bailey, Read more »
In 1989, when it was almost too late, conservationists were able to push an agreement to ban international ivory trade Read more »
Just imagine that there is no phone, Internet, cars, trash and ready-to-eat food in plastic containers, there is no plastic Read more »
We have not been lucky with the weather for a while – the time of fogs came to Piltun. It’s been two weeks of Read more »
In terms of the weather conditions, August is considered to be the best month for conducting photo-identification on gray Read more »
Lately, the weather was favorable, and we went out on the boat during five days in a row.
It was truly enjoyable for us to Read more »
It was an incredibly emotional moment for everyone involved. At last, the gorillas were home. Celebrations are underway in Read more »
I was overwhelmed with emotion when news of the government officials canceling pending dog cull in Jiangmen reached me. It 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 »
The Defra document, Protecting Whales - A global responsibility, was showcased
at an event held yesterday on IFAW’s non-invasive marine research vessel, Song
of the Whale. It is endorsed in a foreword by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the
nat Read more »
“The Commission’s reply provides a description of the current EU legislative
framework applied to this issue and an analysis of how to possibly address the
Parliament’s request”, said IFAW’s political campaigner in the Read more »
The rhinos, female calves nicknamed Manasi and Roje, were rescued from the
floodwaters that annually spill over the banks of the Brahmaputra River. The
pair, both three years old, were rescued in the summer of 2004 and rehabilitated
at the Center Read more »
Over the past few years, IFAW’s EU Office - together with the Belgian NGO GAIA -
has been calling for a national ban in Belgium.“We would like to thank
the Belgian Government, especially the three ministers involved in the
initiative, Read more »
Today Gazprom, Shell, Mitsui and Mitsubishi signed an agreement which will
see Gazprom, the Russian oil and gas giant, take over half plus one share of
Shell’s 55% stake of Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC). Earlier this
month it was Read more »
The crackdown started in Beijing at the end of October. In response IFAW
(International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) and other groups organized letter
writing campaigns to various Beijing authorities (police department, mayor’s
of Read more »
The protests were sent after St. Kitts and Nevis Fisheries Minister Cedric
Liburd suggested that Caribbean nations should commercially hunt whales in order
to offer the whale meat to tourists.“More than 65,000 people around the world – Read more »
“Big business appears to have won the day in ensuring that canned hunting
will continue virtually unchecked and even given a veneer of respectability by
this new bill,” said Jason Bell-Leask, Southern Africa Director of IFAW
(Internati Read more »
The return was stopped by the Department of Science and Technology 36 hours
before the gorillas were due to return to Cameroon early Wednesday morning 13th
of December. "We understand that in terms of CITES, South Africa,
as the recipient sta 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 »
I always have a book with me when I travel. Most times I pick one up at the airport and choose something not too heavy Read more »
What began as a quiet conversation in the lobby of a hotel during the Global Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia in Read more »
Last week, I participated in a conference call with the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Read more »
The International Police Organization (INTERPOL) convened a series of meetings with law enforcement chiefs and officers from Read more »
14 dead elephants have been found in Boubandjida National Park, Cameroon, just a week after the grizzly discovery of at Read more »
This post was submitted by International Fund for Animal Welfare Middle East Communications Officer Maha Oda working from Read more »
It’s midnight in Brazzaville where I’ve been living for the past few days, preparing for a workshop the Read more »
With so many questions about the stranding numbers and more than 100 news outlets providing coverage of our amazing Marine Read more »
Last week, the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation team, including vet Dr. Jahan Ahmed and animal keepers, 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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