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11th May 2013 Isabel McCrea
See our new "I Found A Way" sixty second campaign spot above. This year, IFAW Australia celebrates 30 years of Read more »
‘Meet Us Don’t Eat Us’ volunteers ask tourists to sign a postcard that pledges n
10th June 2013 Robbie Marsland
I arrived in Reykjavik at midnight on Sunday.  I was tired but the sun wasn’t – it was still well above the Read more »
IFAW UK office staff, some dressed in costume, during the March on June 1st.ac
3rd June 2013 Jordi Casamitjana
When I put my brand new white trousers on this morning and I noticed how well they looked with my black and white IFAW T- Read more »
A humpback whale dives next to the Elding Whale Watch vessel in Iceland. Whale W
24th May 2013 Robbie Marsland
It’s been interesting times for those of us keeping an eye on the whaling situation in Iceland.  Two species of Read more »
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23rd May 2013
In the video above, IFAW CEO & President Azzedine Downes speaks with INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. 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 »
14th March 2013
In the video above, IFAW CEO Azzedine Downes offers some thoughts from the floor of the CITES CoP 16 meeting in Bangkok, Watch Video »
6th March 2013
In this video International Fund for Animal Welfare Director for International Agreements, Peter Pueschel Watch Video »
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We Will Brock You – Brian May to Address London March against the Badger Cull
31st May 2013
Queen legend Brian May will address a mass gathering of badgers – or at least humans in badger masks – on London’s streets on Saturday June 1st to protest against the imminent badger cull. May and Bill Oddie will join thousands of p Read more »
30th May 2013
(Sydney - 30th May 2013) IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare www.ifaw.org) has welcomed today’s decision by Environment Minister, The Hon Tony Burke MP, to require further assessment of Bight Petroleum’s plans to explore for o Read more »
12th April 2013
  The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has welcomed the announcement last night by the International Court of Justice of hearing dates for Australia’s case against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean. “This case has be Read more »
18th March 2013
IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare) reports that in just the last two weeks over 18,900 people have demanded the Federal Government protect Kangaroo Island’s precious marine life from the dangers of oil and gas exploration. Environ Read more »
Jaws of Victory at CITES
14th March 2013
IFAW celebrated the historic decision today by the 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP 16) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to give greater protection to sharks. “This is a trem Read more »
Incremental Steps Lead to Leap in Wildlife Conservation at 16th CITES Conference
14th March 2013
As the 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok comes to a close, IFAW is celebrating an historic CoP that left polar bears in the cold but brought additional protection to Read more »
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Saving animals
6th March 2013 by
It’s been more than 40 years since a small group of concerned citizens banded together to stop Canada’s cruel com Read more »
Victories For Animals
6th November 2012 by
Timeline of  IFAW major victories from 1969 - present Read more »
Defending Seals
26th September 2012 by
Each year in Canada, tens of thousands of baby harp seals are killed for their pelts. Read more »
Stopping Private Ownership of Captive Big Cats
20th March 2012 by
Some 10,000 to 20,000 big cats are kept captive by private owners in the U.S. The exact number is a mystery because there are Read more »
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Image: Matthew Turner : The Greens
21st March 2013 by Rachel Guo
In drought prone Australia, we are all taught that the drain is just for rain.  So on World Water Day 2013, the Read more »
Sealers take turns clubbing harp seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada durin
19th March 2013 by Sonja Van Tichelen
Recently, I had a chat with Céline Sissler-Bienvenu, the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW ) Read more »
18th March 2013 by
IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare) reports that in just the last two weeks over 18,900 people have demanded Read more »
Jaws of Victory at CITES
14th March 2013 by
IFAW celebrated the historic decision today by the 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP 16) of the Convention on Read more »
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