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8th November 2011 Shannon Walajtys
I was out in California recently and was able to pay a quick visit to the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC) down near LA Read more »
8th November 2011 Elizabeth Wamba
I bought my first mobile phone in 2000. It cost $150 for the handset and $15 for a sim card — quite a fortune then! It Read more »
8th November 2011 Nathan Herschler
The overall theme of this meeting, as the German Environment Minister just said via videolink, is to “Act Now.” Read more »
Taobao.com is the largest auction site in Asia.
7th November 2011 Grace Ge Gabriel
With more than 800 million product listings and more than 370 million registered users, Taobao Marketplace is the largest Read more »
7th November 2011 Shannon Walajtys
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) relies on our Emergency Relief Network of animal welfare organizations and Read more »
28th October 2011 Kelvin Alie
From the production's description: "As a whole, the world's five species of rhinos make up the most critically Read more »
28th October 2011 Sheryl Fink
Back in January of this year, Canada’s then-Fisheries Minister Gail Shea announced to great fanfare and media Read more »
28th October 2011 Jeffrey Flocken
In today’s USA Today, science reporter Dan Vergano offers a look at the current decline of big cat populations— Read more »
Australia's Ocean Protector - Source: smh.com.au
27th October 2011 Matt Collis
I love this time of year in Sydney – its beaches, festivals and parties are beginning to warm up and for us whale Read more »
13th June 2013
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Watch Video »
6th June 2013
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 »
3rd June 2013
Watch the amazing video of Cinderella's release back into the wild, shot on location by IFAW staff working in Russia. I Watch Video »
23rd May 2013
In the video above, IFAW CEO & President Azzedine Downes speaks with INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. Watch Video »
20th May 2013
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 »
10th May 2013
WARNING: the video above may be disturbing to some viewers. This week’s video of the horrific attack of a small Watch Video »
8th April 2013
In this brief video above you can hear the IFAW-WTI team member and in this instance also camera person, Bhaskar Choudhury Watch Video »
4th April 2013
This brief video above from Euronews describes the scene at the Paris Natural History Museum. If there’s any doubt Watch Video »
1st April 2013
Toma, seen taking her first steps in the video above, is one of six orphaned bear cubs recently rescued in Russia and Watch Video »
17th May 2007
The legislation, S. 1406, to close the loophole in the law was introduced by U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). Earlier this week, U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.) introduced H.R. 2327, an id Read more »
16th May 2007
Shark fishing is mainly carried out with drift gill nets measuring close to two kilometers long, as well as long lines of up to 70 kilometers in length with thousands of hooks. The drift gill nets have been called walls of death because they catch Read more »
15th May 2007
Legislation to close the loophole in the law was introduced by U.S. Representatives Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.). Similar legislation is expected to be introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.). “Polar Read more »
15th May 2007
The snapshot survey conducted in the UK, Australia, China, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Canada and the USA* tracked over 2,200 elephant ivory items listed on eBay Web sites and found that more than 90% of the listings breached even eBay Read more »
14th May 2007
“The main focus of the course is to provide participants with the skills necessary to safely and effectively conduct successful whale and dolphin watching excursions,” said Dr. Joth Singh, Trinidad-born Director of Wildlife and Habitat Read more »
10th May 2007
IFAW Global Whale Program Manager Patrick Ramage and his 12-year-old son Henry will join Cape Air pilot Ken Johnson in a Cape Air Cessna 402 airplane painted to show the beauty of the humpback whales. The plane will touch down in major cities acro Read more »
10th May 2007
As thousands of travel industry heavyweights from across the globe gather at the annual tourism Indaba in Durban this weekend, a new report released by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) shows a marked upswing in the Read more »
7th May 2007
As the 2007 International Whaling Commission meetings commence in Alaska, the advice by the Sydney Legal Panel clearly outlines legal channels the Australian Government can take to stop the Government of Japan from whaling, under any guise, in the Read more »
3rd May 2007
“Given the severity of the current state of the trade in elephant ivory, signaled by escalating worldwide ivory seizures, the ivory trade is a prime global issue that deserves center-stage,” said Wamithi. “An estimated 20,000 ele Read more »
IFAW‘s Approach to Dog and Cat Issues
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 »
The Economics of Japanese Whaling
Official government of Japan statistics, Japanese press clippings, and public opinion polling in Japan show conclusively that Read more »
2012 SOTW Azores Research USA cruise report March 13
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 »
Annual Report 2012
Annual report 2012 Read more »
World of Animals Issue 15
World of Animals Issue 15 Read more »
Criminal Nature: The Global Security Implications of the Illegal Wildlife Trade
The illicit trade in wildlife is not only a serious global environmental crime with profoundly negative impacts for endangere Read more »
IFAW WTO Seal briefing
The EU legislation being challenged by Canada and Norway is Regulation (EC) No. 1007/2009, also known as the “EU s Read more »
Final Seal Amicus Brief from IFAW and other NGOs
Final Seal Amicus Brief from IFAW and other NGOs. Read more »
Amicus Brief: European Communities — Measures Prohibiting the Importation and Ma
The preliminary submissions in this brief are aimed at correcting the misleading and incomplete manner in which Canada has ch Read more »
Goats walk amid debris from the devastating tsunami of 2004.
12th April 2012 by Shannon Walajtys
On Wednesday, a large 8.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia triggered widespread panic as residents Read more »
The killing spree is over but it’s no time to celebrate
12th April 2012 by Céline Sissler-Bienvenu
The poachers rode into the park on horseback from Chad and Sudan, armed with automatic weapons and a single purpose: Kill as Read more »
IFAW Asia Regional Director Grace Ge Gabriel unveils the new BRRC Golden Eagle w
11th April 2012 by Fred O'Regan
I was in Beijing last week to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Read more »
Northern Gulf seal hunt opens with a fizzle
11th April 2012 by Sheryl Fink
And so it begins…day one of the Canadian commercial seal hunt in the Northern Gulf of St Lawrence The International Read more »
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11th April 2012 by
All around Australia oil and gas companies are closing in on vital whale habitats. Any day now leases covering endangered Read more »
Spotlight Africa: A close shave with spear heads for a Kenyan jumbo
10th April 2012 by Elizabeth Wamba
The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants to track their Read more »
Fred O’Regan joined in the celebration and gave welcome speech at the IFAW BRRC
6th April 2012 by
Government officials, conservationists, animal rescuers and celebrities joined in a celebration today to mark the 10-year Read more »
Spotlight Kenya: Satellite-tagging Tsavo elephants to reduce conflict and boost
5th April 2012 by Elizabeth Wamba
The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants--six males and Read more »
IFAW: $3.6 million sealing industry bailout is a waste
5th April 2012 by
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) condemns the Canadian government's decision to provide $3.6 million in 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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