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This year for World Rabies Day, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) were Read more »
In the video above, Peter Pueschel, International Fund for Animal Welfare Programme Director, describes the massive impact Read more »
Editor’s note –
This email of thanks came in from Dr. Vicki Fishlock, a member of the Amboseli Trust for Read more »
An amazing sight greeted hundreds of spectators at platform no. 10 of Secunderabad railway station in the southern Indian Read more »
It may be a yearly check-up, or perhaps your pet needs urgent attention.
Whatever the reason for visiting your vet, be sure Read more »
A study recently published in the journal Marine Policy confirms what the International Fund for Animal Welfare and others Read more »
The wheels of the all-terrain vehicle plough through the gravel of the riverbed. Fountains of water spray high, the banks Read more »
I have just returned from Ethiopia where the International Fund for Animal Welfare teamed up with the Ethiopian Wildlife Read more »
Have you recently met someone whose contribution to animal welfare has really impressed you?
Do you know of an Read more »
This companion video is an excellent introduction to the content, concepts and issues presented in the "Elephants, Watch Video »
IFAW President and CEO Fred O'Regan at the Marinsky Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia addressing the delegates of the Watch Video »
In this video, produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, a collection of IFAW senior staff and our CEO Fred O Watch Video »
IFAW's President and CEO, Fred O'Regan, gives his thoughts about the upcoming International Tiger Forum in St. Watch Video »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) has welcomed the news that Iceland has called an end to the cruel practice of harpooning endangered fin whales.
Kristjan Loftsson, the lone Icelandic whaler responsible for killing Read more »
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) welcomes the Environment Minister's announcement today listing certain koala populations on the national list of threatened species.
Isabel McCrea, IFAW Australia Director said this is a Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW, www.ifaw.org) is calling for Environment Minister Tony Burke to list koalas as a threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act). Minister Burke is due Read more »
A new nationwide survey shows that 77 percent of Americans across the political spectrum agree that Congress and the Administration should adopt a broad whale conservation program, and 89 percent believe that the U.S. should help enforce the global b Read more »
IFAW welcomes the Western Australian Government’s decision today to protect the biggest calving area for humpback whales in the southern hemisphere by creating the Camden Sound Marine Park.
“This is an important first step towards increas Read more »
All around Australia oil and gas companies are closing in on vital whale habitats. Any day now leases covering endangered blue whale habitat and right next to calving grounds for endangered southern right whales will be handed over to oil and gas com Read more »
Government officials, conservationists, animal rescuers and celebrities joined in a celebration today to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Beijing Raptor Rescue Center (BRRC)—China’s only specialized raptor rescue and rehabilitation fac Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) condemns the Canadian government's decision to provide $3.6 million in bailout money to a Norwegian company to stockpile seal pelts. The animal welfare group says that using Newfoundland tax dollar Read more »
A new app for iPad and iPhone combines science and technology to help save critically endangered North Atlantic right whales by reducing threats of collisions with large ships along the East Coast of North America. Read more »
Lions are in peril as never before due to growing human populations and corresponding habitat loss, loss of prey species, hum Read more »
In the Navajo Nation, a vast Native American homeland in the south-western United States, poverty and hardship mean that owne Read more »
For people on the breadline in Germany, it can be hard looking after a beloved pet. Owners struggle to afford food for themse Read more »
If current trends persist – in poaching, loss of tiger habitat and prey species and demand for tiger parts – tige Read more »
The future of the Western Gray whale hangs in the balance, with fewer than 30 breeding-age females left in the world’s Read more »
At IFAW, we want to see a world where whales live free from human threats, with their future safeguarded for generations to c Read more »
Whale sharks do most of their feeding on the surface of the ocean, which means oil spills like the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster Read more »
IFAW is working with governments, customs officers, and rangers on ground to protect wildlife from illegal trade. We have tra Read more »
Around the world, safe wild places for bears are disappearing. Mankind is destroying bear habitat at an alarming rate, and to Read more »
You can’t live in Australia and not realise that fire presents itself as a very real threat to our environment. Read more »
While I was at the annual International Society for Anthrozoology conference in Cambridge, England, we screened a short film Read more »
“As we mark this International Day, let us recognise the wide-ranging and long-term consequences of damaging the Read more »
Russia has officially requested Third Party status at the ongoing WTO case against the EU ban on seal products. This Read more »
The ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), at the request of the Ocean County Health Read more »
Visitors to Amboseli National Park react differently, depending on the time of day or year that they tour - and with good Read more »
We set out this morning at 7 a.m. It’s important to leave early for Amboseli because the animals are generally out and Read more »
We arrived in Nairobi last night and by 9 am this morning we had already set off for Amboseli National Park.
We flew to the 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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