Africa
Australia
Canada
Deutschland
Español
European Union
France
International
Nederland
United Kingdom
United States
Россия
中国
日本語News: Home
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 »
A tigress named Zolushka (Russian for Cinderella) was successfully released to the wild by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) jointly with the Phoenix Fund, Special Inspection Tiger, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecol Read more »
On a mission to save elephants and protect human livelihoods, 10 young men proudly graduated as community scouts in Amboseli on Friday.
“They have passed with flying colours,” said James Isiche, Director of IFAW East Africa, which funded Read more »
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) is organizing specialized training on prevention of wildlife trafficking and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The workshop i Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) has condemned an apparent decision to resume the cruel practice of harpooning endangered fin whales in Iceland.
Kristjan Loftsson, the lone Icelandic whaler responsible for slaughtering 28 Read more »
Poachers, aided by game rangers, have killed every single rhino in the Mozambique section of one of Southern Africa’s most vaunted transfrontier parks.
Media today report 15 rhino in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park were killed last mon Read more »
The European General Court today upheld the EU trade regulation on seal products. In a strongly-worded and crystal clear decision the court dismissed any concerns that either the EU seal trade regulation, or its implementation, lacked a legal basis. Read more »
A hard-hitting campaign to combat illegal trafficking of wildlife has been launched at one of South Africa’s busiest airports.
Starting this week passengers arriving and departing from Lanseria International Airport, will be asked to Think Twic Read more »
The trampling to death of an elephant handler in South Africa this week has again thrown into sharp focus the dangers of the elephant-back safari industry.
On Monday an experienced handler at the Elephant Sanctuary, near Hartebeespoort Dam, North Wes Read more »
Canada’s commercial seal hunt opens off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador today, despite a lack of demand for seal products and restrictions on seal products in 34 countries. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) qu 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 »
Canada has allowed over one million seals to be killed in the past three years.
With this year’s commercial total Read more »
The Canadian harp seal hunt is a competitive activity, carried out over an extensive area, and under very unpredictable Read more »
IFAW believes that the Standing Committee's (SC) decision on designating Japan as a "trading partner" for the Read more »
China's 1993 ban on domestic trade of tiger bones has been essential in
contributing to preventing the extinction of wild Read more »
Even the death of thousands of newborn pups in the Gulf of Saint-Laurent due to
global warming has not prompted the Read more »
In recent years, the government has set the yearly TAC around 300,000 animals, a
number well above the sustainable levels Read more »
“The conditions this year are disastrous. I’ve surveyed this region for six
years and I haven’t seen Read more »
According to the latest reports from scientific agencies in Canada, ice
conditions on Canada’s east coast are shaping Read more »
Recommendations contained in the Draft National Norms and Standards for Elephant
Management released on Friday, 2nd March, Read more »
Media Contact
IFAW experts are available for comment on a wide array of animal welfare topics both as a general resource and for media interviews.
Contact IFAW Experts
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 »
Image libraries
Image library
IFAW maintains a growing archive of thousands of hours of broadcast-quality video footage and digital photographs as well as corporate logos. Visit our library »
Creative commons images
We have made some of our most requested animal photos available for download in IFAW’s Creative Commons image set. You are free to download, reproduce, distribute or display them within the terms of the Creative Commons license.
See the images and license »
