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I didn’t know him well. I hadn’t seen him for a long while. But I liked him, a lot, and he taught me Read more »
Today is the opening day of the commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St Lawrence, although one would be hard pressed to know Read more »
Two new Chinese language books for young readers are showing up in bookstores in China. The books on elephant and tiger Read more »
A green wooden box emerged from the parting of coats and legs, cameras, tripods, microphones. From within came silence.
Too Read more »
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 »
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 »
"This rescue operation could not have been completed without the help of each
individual on the ground representing these four organizations, as well as local
law enforcement, the state department of agriculture and emergency responders
who worked Read more »
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 »
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 »
Driving on the highway on my way to the International Fund for Animal Welfare Dog & Cat Project, Mdzananda Animal Clinic Read more »
All the dogs and cats that we brought down quickly went on to find their new homes.
Calpyso, Scar, Buddy, Bridget, Read more »
These posts are occassionally filed by members of the Zanzibar Humpack Whale Research team led by Dr. Per Berggen. This Read more »
The IFAW research vessel Song of the Whale (SOTW) left Boston bound for Iceland at the beginning of July. The route skirted Read more »
Some of my days are so exciting that I wish I could have my thoughts written at the same time things happen to me!
This is 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 »
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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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