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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 »
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 »
The overall theme of this meeting, as the German Environment Minister just said via videolink, is to “Act Now.” Read more »
With more than 800 million product listings and more than 370 million registered users, Taobao Marketplace is the largest Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) relies on our Emergency Relief Network of animal welfare organizations and Read more »
From the production's description: "As a whole, the world's five species of rhinos make up the most critically Read more »
Back in January of this year, Canada’s then-Fisheries Minister Gail Shea announced to great fanfare and media Read more »
In today’s USA Today, science reporter Dan Vergano offers a look at the current decline of big cat populations— Read more »
I love this time of year in Sydney – its beaches, festivals and parties are beginning to warm up and for us whale 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 »
“World Turtle Day gives us the opportunity to reinforce and highlight our
commitment towards these amazing animals,” said Anand Ramanathan of IFAW. “Sea
turtles can take many years to reach an age when they can mate, this very slo Read more »
"Our rangers paid the ultimate prize - human life. But their deaths will not be
in vain. We remain vigilant and dedicated to our call - to stamp out poaching
and preserve Kenya's wildlife heritage," said Dickson Lesimirdana, Head of Anti-
Poaching Read more »
Kenya and Mali have proposed a 20-year moratorium on ivory trade arguing that
one-off ivory sales in select countries opens up markets, both legal and
illegal, and lures poachers. “It would be suicidal to allow a new one-off sale
or annual q Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
“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 »
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 »
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 »
We don’t meet or talk to criminals often. But that’s exactly what I did last November in Bangkok. At a meeting Read more »
Two weeks ago nine elephants were successfully fitted with satellite-radio tracking collars in Kenya’s vast Tsavo East Read more »
There is nothing more frustrating than being prepared to document the commercial seal hunt and being kept down by one thing Read more »
On Wednesday, a large 8.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia triggered widespread panic as residents Read more »
The poachers rode into the park on horseback from Chad and Sudan, armed with automatic weapons and a single purpose: Kill as Read more »
I was in Beijing last week to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Read more »
And so it begins…day one of the Canadian commercial seal hunt in the Northern Gulf of St Lawrence
The International Read more »
All around Australia oil and gas companies are closing in on vital whale habitats. Any day now leases covering endangered Read more »
The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants to track their 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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