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The breezes are picking up as the sun sets over the Atlantic just off the dock where I type. On Day three here in Dominica, Read more »
In January, as hordes of new Members of Congress were being sworn into the House of Representatives, one Congressional Read more »
It’s been a hectic three days already of counting elephants and other large mammals in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem. So Read more »
UPDATED VIDEO: 7.21.11 - In this overview video, produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, several members of Read more »
I have to say I was hoping for more at the climate talks in Cancun, Mexico. To be there as, unexpectedly, the parties ( Read more »
A disaster is looming at the climate change negotiations relating to the way countries are allowed to account for greenhouse Read more »
Monday, was a dark day for lions in South Africa, as our Supreme Court upheld an appeal that effectively puts captive lions Read more »
Was fantastic to be in the same room as Putin and Wen Jiabao and three other prime ministers in the bid to save the tiger. Read more »
As you know, the tiger is in trouble. That is why we are here at the International Tiger Forum in St. Petersburg. There are Read more »
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 »
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 »
On Friday, April 14, 2006 Japan's whaling fleet returned from the Southern
Ocean with a record 863 whales, including 853 minke whales and 10 critically
endangered fin whales. This is nearly double Japan's kill in these same waters
last year. "The Read more »
Under the new law, exhibitors will be required to have a USDA license and
will be held to state regulations including $250,000 in liability
insurance and
a strict no-contact policy between members of the public
and these dangerous,
wild animals. Read more »
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has already demonstrated their
inability to manage this hunt this year, with the Gulf of St. Lawrence component
going almost 20 percent over the quota set by the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans (DFO). Ther Read more »
Tibetan antelope, also called chiru, inhabit the high plateaus of western
China. A century ago, more than one million Tibetan antelope roamed China and
India. Today, the population has dropped below 75,000 due to the demand for its
fur, which is u Read more »
Meeting in London this week the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), a regulatory body of the International Marine Organisation (IMO), approved a 1,500 kilometre long, 35 to 135 nautical miles wide length of coastline, a “Special Are Read more »
Canada has allowed nearly a million seals to be killed over the past three
years, the largest hunt of marine mammals in the world. This year’s government
quota is 325,000 seals, one of the highest since the hunt began.
Canada’s seal hu Read more »
“There is almost no ice out here,” IFAW’s Canada director Olivier Bonnet said
today, after flying over the region to assess the situation. “There are also
very few seals to be seen this year. Everyone is asking, where are th Read more »
Dear Premier Williams,Thank you for your reply to my letter of March
7th, which sought to correct various inaccurate comments you made regarding the
International Fund for Animal Welfare during your appearance on Larry King Live
on CNN March 3rd. Read more »
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ Minister Loyola Hearn
released a one-year Total Allowable Catch (TAC) that allows 325,000 seals to be
killed this year.
“Unbelievable; with all of the risks already facing the harp seal p 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 »
Malaysian authorities seized a staggering 15 tons of elephant ivory yesterday in Port Klang, just west of Kuala Lumpur, the Read more »
It has by now become a well-established tradition that shortly before Christmas the International Fund for Animal Welfare Read more »
An update on the wolves and wolf-dogs from their home at the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC):
UPDATE 3.30.12 - An Read more »
Bernie had collapsed while waiting outside the Tiertafel building in Berlin, Germany. When we arrived he was in the waiting Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) announced today that 29 wolf dogs were rescued Read more »
Security officials in Kyrgyzstan arrested an Iraqi man who planned to take a flight to Dubai after X-ray screening revealed Read more »
The UAE Ministry of Environment and Water and IFAW’s office in Dubai signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Read more »
Oceans cover 71 per cent of Earth, hence its nickname, the blue planet. But guess how much of the world’s oceans are Read more »
There are all sorts of ideas about the types of people who might patronize a “soup kitchen for animals”. 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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