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Usually I try to restrict my blog to writing stories about my study families; these are the elephants that I know well as I Read more »
The discussion on the European Union’s import ban on seal products continued last week as the second panel Read more »
It’s been a busy week or so for those following the dying whaling industry in Iceland. The lone Icelandic Read more »
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Mid-year Meeting last week was a family affair.
CGI is an organization that brings Read more »
Dog ownership in China has boomed in recent years. But more dogs don’t necessarily mean that owners are aware of how Read more »
WARNING: the video above may be disturbing to some viewers.
This week’s video of the horrific attack of a small Read more »
This story was recently shared with us by a staff member at the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Read more »
Together, the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Animal Action Education team and Time for Kids (the youth Read more »
Recently, the International Fund for Animal Welfare was invited to participate at the Bex Festival in Switzerland, a weekend 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 »
“We applaud the Arkansas legislators who voted to pass this bill and
particularly House Representative Phillip Jackson who originally introduced it,
for their wisdom and foresight in protecting the public by prohibiting people
from owning da Read more »
The government sanctioned commercial hunt for seal pups opened in the Gulf of
St Lawrence on 29 March 2005 and closed on 2 April 2005 resulting in the deaths
of approximately 100,000 seal pups. On 15 April the hunt then moved on to the
“Fron Read more »
An IFAW team yesterday freely gained access to the still-under-construction
gorilla enclosure at the Pretoria Zoo and was able to view and photograph the
young animals.
“In our opinion the gorillas are in fact already on public display witnes Read more »
Saba Douglas-Hamilton watched as IFAW cut the Memorial Tusk into pieces with an
angle grinder in Trafalgar Square. The resulting showers of sparks and plumes of
ivory dust proved a graphic reminder of the deadly and destructive nature of the
ivory Read more »
Arjinshan is one of the primary ranges of Tibetan antelopes in the world and
it has been threatened by livestock farming activities since the end of last
century. In recent years, farmers gradually relocated themselves to lower
altitudes out of th Read more »
Shell announced today that they will move the pipeline 20 kilometers to the
south, away from the main feeding area of the critically endangered Western Gray
Whale. A coalition of environmental organizations from around the world has been
demanding Read more »
“Many people mistakenly think Canada stopped hunting baby seals decades ago,”
said Fred O’Regan, IFAW’s president and CEO. “But the size of Canada’s modern,
commercial hunt is bigger now than it has been in 50 ye Read more »
Recently, after an accidental spill from an offshore rig near St. Johns,
Newfoundland, Canada, it was discovered that passing ships had taken advantage
of the pollution to dump oil into the sea. When hundreds of dead seabirds began
washing up on s Read more »
Alarmingly, the NAO report reveals a possible link between bushmeat and
organised crime. According to Government figures, in 2001 and 2002 bushmeat made
up almost 14% of all illegal meat seizures (1), and the NAO report states that
bushmeat consti 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 »
Every year police officers and conservation and animal welfare organisations meet to talk about how we can work together to Read more »
Today is my favourite day of the year. Today we celebrated our annual International Fund for Animal Welfare Animal Action Read more »
Being in the first Peace Corps program in Swaziland, I didn’t really know what I was getting into. Life in a small Read more »
Last week, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act was marked up and agreed to by the House Natural Read more »
In November the Convention for Migratory Species (CMS) will meet in Bergen, Norway to discuss and hopefully improve Read more »
Let’s be clear, the threats to marine life from the oil and gas industry are real. Let’s start with the Read more »
With more and more scientists finding an accelerated shrinking of Arctic habitat, and on-going attempts by single-minded US Read more »
The decision issued today is an important step towards protecting and defending polar bears,” said Jeff Flocken, D.C. Read more »
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to testify before a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives’ 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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