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With our global scope and expertise, IFAW has been able to make humane advancements and shift attitudes on a tremendous Read more »
There was much talk about quorates, banker’s drafts, voting rights, EU consensus and a variety of IWC technicalities, Read more »
I hugged the rubber bucket tight and sat heaving into it as violent gusts of wind and whipped-up waves engulfed the foredeck Read more »
A few days after arriving to Piltun, the weather conditions were favorable to start our work and four of us went out on the Read more »
International Fund for Animal Welfare Russia director Masha Vorontsova speaks about IFAW campaign efforts to protect the Read more »
One of the rules of the boat for the day was no screaming, well that rule went right out when the dolphins were swimming all Read more »
“Buying this piece is a good investment”, a sales woman unlocked a cabinet to take out a ball with multiple Read more »
I am sad that my good friend Atsushi Ishii has written such a muddled analysis of the whaling issue in his recently Read more »
UPDATE: 9.26.11
After two months of good and steady information, the satellite tracking info started showing that Jason Read more »
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Watch Video »
This week during a visit to Cozumel, Mexico, our team discovered a dog in desperate need of help. Covered in used motor oil Watch Video »
Watch the amazing video of Cinderella's release back into the wild, shot on location by IFAW staff working in Russia.
I Watch Video »
In the video above, IFAW CEO & President Azzedine Downes speaks with INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. Watch Video »
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 »
The team of scientists and volunteers from Iceland, UK and as far afield as
Trinidad, has been using modern, non-invasive research techniques to gather
important data on the many species of whales found in Icelandic waters.
Sightings have included Read more »
Rep. Ryun worked closely with IFAW to draft the legislation after a fatal attack
last year in Kansas. The Congressman named the bill ‘Haley’s Act’ in
memory of Haley Hilderbrand, a 17-year-old killed last August at a
federa Read more »
In early May, several hundred oiled Magellanic penguins began washing ashore
in the Cabo Virgenes Nature Reserve in Argentina, about 1,700 miles (2,750
kilometers) southwest of Buenos Aires near the southernmost tip of Patagonia. A
team from IFAW Read more »
“This is our fifth painted plane,” said Cape Air President Dan Wolf. “We love
taking art off the walls and into the skies and having IFAW as a partner this
time around along with Jürek’s artistry in his depiction of the Read more »
“It is high time Namibia stopped culling Cape Fur seals,” said Jason Bell-Leask,
IFAW Director Southern Africa. The Namibian Government justifies
its annual seal hunt by claiming that the seal population poses a threat to the
loca Read more »
The Big Fix Rig is part of a $3.2 million effort funded by the ASPCA, The
Humane Society of the United States, PetSmart Charities, International Fund for
Animal Welfare, and United Animal Nations to increase the number of affordable
and accessible Read more »
Mt. Merapi, a 2,965-meter-high volcano, has threatened eruption since May 13 and
has spewed sulfur and heat clouds into the sky. On June 16, a 700-degree Celsius
heat cloud struck nearby villages and spread ash across areas of Yogyakarta and
Centr Read more »
The ivory was found in two shipments traveling from Tanzania in East Africa
to Manila, Philippines and included 350 African elephant tusks – representing at
least 175 dead elephants. Officials believe this could be the largest illegal
ivory Read more »
The song “Don’t Be Cruel” has been rewritten with the lyrics:Don’t Be Cruel – to Whales You know I won’t be found,
Swimming in the deep blue sea, The Japanese are coming
‘round,They’re going to h 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 »
More than 30 officials from wildlife law enforcement, customs, immigration, ports, judicial and park management in Tanzania Read more »
This has been an exceptional stranding season for us - having already responded to 102 dolphins since January Read more »
The waters and dolphins in Cape Cod are capturing attention on a worldwide scale, but unfortunately not for a positive Read more »
A “Day of the Seal” was arranged by Canada’s Conservative government on Parliament Hill today, purportedly Read more »
Cape Cod is one of only a few places in the world where multiple whales and dolphins frequently beach themselves. These mass Read more »
Janice Girardi, the founder and Director of the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) never arrives at the office before Read more »
Time flies when you’re having fun, so they say. The past 12 months have certainly been amongst the fastest of my life Read more »
It's been quite a week.
Fortunately, we haven't had any more stranded dolphins since Monday, but yesterday we Read more »
Cairo Airport’s officers have foiled an attempt by a Kuwaiti national to smuggle out three lion cubs from Egypt.
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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