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This has been an exceptional stranding season for us - having already responded to 102 dolphins since January Read more »
The waters and dolphins in Cape Cod are capturing attention on a worldwide scale, but unfortunately not for a positive Read more »
Janice Girardi, the founder and Director of the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) never arrives at the office before Read more »
Time flies when you’re having fun, so they say. The past 12 months have certainly been amongst the fastest of my life Read more »
It's been quite a week.
Fortunately, we haven't had any more stranded dolphins since Monday, but yesterday we Read more »
Cairo Airport’s officers have foiled an attempt by a Kuwaiti national to smuggle out three lion cubs from Egypt.
The Read more »
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of the tragedy currently unfolding in the cold, muddy marshes of Cape Cod.
In Read more »
On Monday this week, on a farm near Mossel Bay in the Western Cape, another rhino was poached, bringing the tally to Read more »
IFAW has partnered with the UNDP in Bosnia to help communities humanely manage their roaming dog populations. The Read more »
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Watch Video »
This week during a visit to Cozumel, Mexico, our team discovered a dog in desperate need of help. Covered in used motor oil Watch Video »
Watch the amazing video of Cinderella's release back into the wild, shot on location by IFAW staff working in Russia.
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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 »
Prior to the relocation, this group of gibbons and siamangs were confiscated
from illegal pet trade by the Indonesian Forestry Department . The animals were
successfully relocated to their native home range in Sumatra and will undergo
rehabilitati Read more »
IFAW Statement Regarding The Delayed Decision For Polar Bear Inclusion In The Endangered Species Act
“Representing over 2 million animal welfare advocates around the world, the
International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) hopes that the Bush
Administration’s choice to postpone listing of polar bears under the Endangered
Specie Read more »
“We are very pleased to reach this important milestone as it indicates a high
level of interest in our content from the YouTube community,” said Cassandra
Koenen, IFAW’s Director of Online Campaigns & Marketing. “With ou Read more »
“Saving the right whale requires collaboration and shared commitment.
Nearly ¾ of endangered right whales have scars from entanglement in fishing
gear; it remains one of the biggest threats to the survival of the species.”
S Read more »
“The overall spill is made up of several slicks, two to three kilometers wide
along a total extension of approximately forty kilometers,” reported the local
newspaper El Chubut. The Argentine government is analyzing recent satellite
im Read more »
Representing over 2 million
animal welfare advocates around the world, the International Fund for Animal
Welfare extends its sincere condolences to the family of Carlos
Sousa and the victims of yesterday’s tragedy at the San Francisco Z Read more »
"This is happy news for 50 humpback whales but Japan’s whaling continues to
expand,” said Patrick Ramage, IFAW Global Whale Program Manager.
“Withdrawing wild threats to kill humpbacks isn't enough, Japan needs to stop
whal Read more »
Michael Wamithi, IFAW’s global Elephants Program Manager, said: “This is a
significant step forward for elephant conservation in India, and a model I hope
other wildlife groups will follow. Trans-frontier wildlife linkages are a
sustai Read more »
The CWRT received a call yesterday from a lobster fisherman off the south of
Grand Manan explaining that a humpback whale was trapped in his equipment and
seemed to be carrying the gear of other fishermen as well. Because of the bad
sea conditions 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 »
Seventy five percent of Japan’s 2011 North Pacific whaling season meat went unsold despite thirteen separate public Read more »
Nearly five tonnes of elephant ivory and thousands of ivory ornaments went up in smoke in Gabon, Central West Africa this Read more »
This video captures some of the tourists who were approached during the “Meet Us Don’t Eat Us” campaign Read more »
One of the most frequent comments I hear when talking to people about elephants is some variation of “that’s Read more »
Like most enthusiastic birdwatchers, I can’t resist penguins, pelicans, boobies and so many different species of Read more »
Hundreds of elephant tusks are piled up in a burning heap at one of the national parks in Africa as a group of people Read more »
On the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Chinese micro blog site, a post about an online ivory shopper who was Read more »
The audacious looting by thieves of ivory stockpiles from two southern African countries in as many months – including Read more »
On June 14, Canadian Senator Mac Harb moved second reading of Bill S-210, a Bill to end commercial seal hunting. Senator 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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