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After 22 days of bad weather on Piltun (including fog, rain, and wind), evening of August 19th gave us a hope that we will Read more »
More often than not, we are left with only anecdotal evidence; stories and accounts which once combined, can still give us Read more »
Elkana is a bit of an outsider in the family because she doesn’t have any living female relatives, and she lost her Read more »
The U.S. is a country with nearly 78.2 million dogs. Last year, we spent almost $50 billion on our beloved companions, yet Read more »
My parents were sadly part of the significant minority who believed that you could get ivory without hurting the elephant Read more »
Whale family and pod members are separated from each other. Once removed from their natural environment, the whales are then Read more »
Despite the incredible challenges surrounding relief efforts in Libya at the moment, International Fund for Animal Welfare Read more »
The BBC has just reported that a volunteer IFAW hunt monitor filmed a fox being pursued by hounds on a railway track.
Sadly Read more »
From where I sit in Cape Town as the Director of IFAW’s Southern Africa operations and as the Elephant Programme Read more »
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 »
In order to support the Congolese authorities in their efforts to reinforce the protection of the forest elephants that Watch Video »
Take a moment to watch this video on the recent elephant collaring in Amboseli and learn more of IFAW’s partnership Watch Video »
The elephants—which were hand-raised at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation
and Conservation (CWRC)—were transported 450 kilometers from India’s Kaziranga
National Park to Manas National Park. In Manas the elephants will Read more »
This decision follows the German Parliament’s October 19 motion calling for a
national ban on seal products until an EU-wide ban is passed. As there is no
immediate response on the EU-level, Mr. Seehofer will move forward with the
German nat Read more »
The ivory targeted for sampling, representative of approximately 3,000- 6,500
elephants, was confiscated in Singapore. By current estimations of customs
authorities, a mere 10% of contraband products (guns, drugs, etc.) are
intercepted. Presently, Read more »
Japan’s government-sponsored whaling fleet is currently in the Southern Ocean
Sanctuary, where it is hunting a self allocated quota of more than 900 whales.
The Southern Ocean Sanctuary is a marine preserve established in 1994 to protect
wha Read more »
Last weekend two cubs were found by a logger and a truck driver on the roads of
the Chuguyewski district in the Primorye region. The young tigers were so
exhausted from hunger and frost that they did not flee from the
men. “These tigers Read more »
Entitled “Ivory Wars: The Last Stand in Zakouma,” the piece highlights the
story of one mother elephant tagged “Annie” and her travels through and outside
of Zakouma NP, in search of food and water sources. Annie was radio-c Read more »
As the report indicates, in nine of the past 11 years, average ice coverage has
deteriorated to well below the average ice cover seen over the last 37 years. A
lack of suitable ice, combined with violent storms and early ice break-up
disrupts the Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) said the new regulations sent a
clear message to the hunting fraternity that it is time to clean up the
industry. While hunting of captive bred predators per se has not
been al Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org), WWF, ACAP and the David Shepherd
Wildlife Foundation have written to the Mayor who sets the budget for the
Metropolitan Police Authority. The budget for the Wildlife Crime Unit is £8 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 »
It’s amazing how many times I feel humbled in this job. I seem to be constantly surrounded by people who are willing Read more »
My colleague, Celine Sissler, has just returned from Cameroon, where since January over 300 elephants have fallen to Read more »
Bouba Njida, March 5, 2012 - It is 9:10 a.m. and we're all packed. As we have been banned from flying over the park by Read more »
Bouba Njida (March 3rd and 4th, 2012) - I don't know exactly what I feel, I can't find the words. They might not Read more »
In December 1996, I witnessed eight Asiatic black bears walk to freedom at the first bear sanctuary China had ever seen, set Read more »
To find an answer to this interesting question I had an appointment today at the zoological museum of Hamburg university.
It Read more »
Today, bipartisan legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives that would prohibit breeding and private Read more »
The Antarctic Ocean Alliance, an international collective of environmental organizations and high-profile supporters, Read more »
We're out here, despite the torrential downpour because hundreds of cats need us desperately. This is our second day 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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