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Ivory carvings on a market in Tachilek, Myanmar
11th December 2012 Robert Kless
It was a long journey by car from the airport in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to the northern border of the country. I have arrived Read more »
The Bundestag in Germany.
10th December 2012 Robert Kless
The train arrives at Berlin’s central station on time. Through the massive glass roof I can see the Reichstag and the Read more »
About 25 participants from Al-mukalla seaport and airport, in addition to offici
10th December 2012 Dr. Elsayed Ahmed Mohamed
One of the main wildlife trafficking routes between Africa and Asia is the Horn of Africa to Yemen route. Combating wildlife Read more »
Project Amboseli: In search of that elusive drop of life
10th December 2012 Evan Mkala
At 5:30am in Amboseli, visibility is poor and the sun has not risen. Hyena howls can be heard from a distant as they return Read more »
SPR Ian Mos, Flo Joe and and the author.
10th December 2012 Josey Sharrad
Each year the International Fund for Animal Welfare recognises the achievements of unsung animal heroes around Australia and Read more »
SLIDESHOW: Amazing rescue of gibbon family in India
7th December 2012 Michael Booth
Today, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) biologists and veterinarians Read more »
A harpoon on the bow of a Japanese whaling ship.
6th December 2012 Matt Collis
It’s been a busy few weeks in the world of whaling. In a victory for good science and people power, it appears the Read more »
Photo: c M.Watson, DSE, 2010
4th December 2012 Sharon Livermore
The Great Ocean Road in Victoria is a world famous tourist destination; renowned for its sweeping ocean views and abundant Read more »
Australia's 2012 IFAW Animal Action Award winners.
4th December 2012 Rachel Guo
Our Sydney office recently had the pleasure of holding the International Fund for Animal Welfare Animal Action Awards for Read more »
20th May 2013
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 »
10th May 2013
WARNING: the video above may be disturbing to some viewers. This week’s video of the horrific attack of a small Watch Video »
8th April 2013
In this brief video above you can hear the IFAW-WTI team member and in this instance also camera person, Bhaskar Choudhury Watch Video »
4th April 2013
This brief video above from Euronews describes the scene at the Paris Natural History Museum. If there’s any doubt Watch Video »
1st April 2013
Toma, seen taking her first steps in the video above, is one of six orphaned bear cubs recently rescued in Russia and Watch Video »
28th March 2013
Last November, villagers from Anini, a small and remote town in Northeast India, spotted four tiger cubs moving around their Watch Video »
18th March 2013
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 »
15th March 2013
In order to support the Congolese authorities in their efforts to reinforce the protection of the forest elephants that Watch Video »
25th November 2011
An intergovernmental conservation body representing more than 100 countries has failed to recognise whaling as a threat to whale conservation following objections from Norway, one of the last three countries still killing whales for commercial reason Read more »
15th November 2011
The release of its Browse Basin LNG environmental impact statement by oil and gas giant, Woodside, exposes the inadequacies of the Australian Government’s Bioregional Planning process for the North-west Marine Region, according to IFAW (Interna Read more »
21st September 2010
“This program will save hundreds of thousands of lives—both dogs and humans,” said Kate Atema, IFAW Director of Companion Animals Programs. IFAW is supporting the initiative which is being led by the World Society for the Protection Read more »
27th July 2010
IFAW’s Northern Dogs Project team was in a remote Canadian community providing vital veterinary care and humane education when concerned community members alerted IFAW’s team that due to concerns about the number of roaming dogs, unwanted Read more »
3rd December 2008
A report released today by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Ocean Noise: Turn it down, showed that, in recent decades, ocean noise created by human activities has risen dramatically, posing a major threat to many marine mammals. Nois Read more »
First Santiago Declaration By The Latin American Non Government Organizations Fo
First Santiago Declaration By The Latin American Non Government Organizations For Whale Conservation Read more »
Bidding for Extinction
The Internet has become the world’s biggest marketplace, one that is open for business 24 hours a day, seven days a wee Read more »
An Illustrated Guide to the Tools used to Kill Seals in Canada’s Commercial Seal
This document describes the various tools used for killing seals in Canada's commercial seal hunt. The MMR, and the informati Read more »
Using DNA to track the origin of the largest ivory seizure since the 1989 trade
The illegal ivory trade recently intensified to the highest levels ever reported. Policing this trafficking has been hampered Read more »
Restoring Meru National Park 2000 - 2005
For the first time in 10 years, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has deemed it safe to deploy a warden-in-charge for Kara Nationa Read more »
2007 Workshop on Bear Rehabilitation Release and Monitoring
The 2007 International Workshop on the rehabilitation, release and monitoring of bear cubs was organized by the International Read more »
Annual Report 2006 Read more »
Seals and Sealing in Canada 2007
The Canadian harp seal hunt is a competitive activity, carried out over an extensive area, and under very unpredictable condi Read more »
Fatal Flaw: The inadequacies of Japan’s ivory trade controls
IFAW believes that the Standing Committee's (SC) decision on designating Japan as a "trading partner" for the o Read more »
IFAW Proposal for shark conservation
12th February 2013 by
Inclusion of oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, in Appendix II with the following annotation: The entry into Read more »
IFAW Proposal for polar bear protection
12th February 2013 by
• The Polar bear has been recognized by Parties, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and leading Read more »
IFAW Proposal for ending the ivory trade
12th February 2013 by
The document prepared by the Secretariat at the request of the Standing Committee, first and foremost, would delay the Read more »
IFAW African elephant fund action plan
12th February 2013 by
The document submitted by Nigeria and Rwanda (CoP16 Doc. 53.3) contains two items for consideration by the Parties: a Read more »
IFAW Amending Decision 14.77
12th February 2013 by
IFAW fully supports the assertion in the proposal by Benin et al. that it is the fundamental responsibility of the Read more »
IFAW African elephant population transfer 2013-Feb-12
12th February 2013 by
Parties are required to consider information provided by a Panel of Experts when making decisions about the placement of Read more »
IFAW Memorandum Commitee II Issues 2013-Feb-12
12th February 2013 by
The overuse of the secret ballot voting procedure has the potential to erode transparency and undermine multilateral Read more »
Image source: Geograph.co.uk
11th February 2013 by Azzedine Downes
I have just returned from a week-long trip to Beijing where International Fund for Animal Welfare staff met with government Read more »
Global warming is wreaking havoc on polar bears.
8th February 2013 by Jeffrey Flocken
A new report published in the journal Conservation Letters reveals that anthropogenic global warming is wreaking havoc on 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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