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Well, Saturday marked one month since we began responding on 12 January, 2012.
We've found two more dead Read more »
We were saddened to learn of the death of a rhino named ‘Spencer’ yesterday during the attempted demonstration Read more »
My team is responding to another live dolphin about to strand in Wellfleet as I write this from the Command Center.
If Read more »
The Council of Representatives of Iraq has finished the second reading of a draft law to join the Convention on Read more »
As the news broke of the Chipolopolo Boys’ (aka the Copper Bullets from Zambia) victory over Ghana in the 2012 Africa Read more »
Since my last blog post, dolphins have continued to strand daily on Cape Cod. In the midst of the rescue efforts, we held a Read more »
The practice of keeping wild and exotic animals such as lions, monkeys, tortoises and raptors is increasing through out the Read more »
I meant to update everyone on the dog house build for the northern community but between travel and a travel bug, I’ve Read more »
The short video below was produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare team. One way to help the team effort is 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.
I Watch Video »
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 »
The badly mutilated body of the female elephant was found at the site along
with an aborted male foetus, suggesting that she was the first to be hit while
leading the herd. According to B Ramakrishnan, Field Officer with the Wildlife
Trust of Indi Read more »
But the fundamental challenges of combating this illegal trade, including the
lack of a legal framework governing Internet trade, the anonymous nature of the
Internet and the exponential explosion of Internet usage,
remain. “Illegal wil Read more »
“Polar bears are already facing potentially catastrophic threats from global
warming, vanishing habitats, toxic pollution, and trophy hunting,” said Jeffrey
Flocken, Office Director, IFAW Washington, D.C. “Representing over 2 mill Read more »
The face-to-face survey of 1,880 people in Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou,
Guilin, Harbin, Kunming and Shanghai was conducted by Horizon Key, one of
China’s pre-eminent public polling companies. Respondents, who
statistically represent th Read more »
Michael Wamithi, global elephants program manager for IFAW (International
Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org),
responds stating, “The recent decision by CITES [Convention on the International
Trade of Endangered Species] Conference Read more »
“Signs of climate change are all around us,” said IFAW D.C. Office Director
Jeff Flocken. “This is especially significant in the Artic, where ice habitat is
integral to polar bears and melting sea-ice sets the stage for drastic
p Read more »
The world’s leading international law experts and marine mammal scientists
have deemed the Government of Japan’s “scientific” whaling program to be fatally
flawed and in breach of numerous international treaties and
tribuna Read more »
We are very pleased that the verdict against the oil group Total, the Italian
certification company Rina, the Italian owner Giuseppe Savarese and Antonio
Pollara, chief executive of the Panship management company, will provide our
partner Bretagne Read more »
Held at the Hyatt Regency Boston, the daylong symposium was deemed a success
by participants and organizers, as well as an important move in ensuring a less
hazardous marine environment for the endangered north Atlantic right whale.
“S 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 »
About 30 customs officials, border police and wildlife law enforcement agents from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Read more »
These photos from the IFAW Wildlife Rescue Center in Assam show how devastating the flood is. It is taking a huge toll Read more »
Ms. Kathleen Savesky has been appointed the new Chair of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org), Read more »
On the eve of the annual meeting of the conservation body set up to protect whales – the International Whaling Read more »
On Wednesday, Gabon’s President, Ali Bongo, sent a clear message to ivory traders – you won’t get your Read more »
Whales Need Sanctuary!
The 2012 annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission to be held July 2 to 6 in Panama will Read more »
Americans Love Whales
From sea to shining sea and across the political spectrum, the American people want their political Read more »
When I woke up early in the morning yesterday and caught the morning news in the TV, a visual of an elephant with its calf 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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