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The following was submitted by Marja Kingma, International Fund for Animal Welfarevolunteer currently working from IFAW' Read more »
The following report is coming from Jan Hannah, Project Manager of International Fund for Animal Welfare's " Read more »
The following was submitted by Marja Kingma, International Fund for Animal Welfare volunteer currently working from IFAW Read more »
The following post was submitted by Marja Kingma, International Fund for Animal Welfare volunteer currently working from Read more »
These stories were submitted by our team on the ground in Africa,
working closely with the Kenya Wildlife Service, our Read more »
We’d heard reports of thousands of dead seal pups being found on the beaches of western Newfoundland, so our team went to Read more »
The Atlantis Hotel in Dubai recently announced that ‘Sammy’ a 13-foot female whale shark had been released back to the Read more »
In this video produced by the International Fund for Animal
Welfare, Senior Researcher Sheryl Fink debunks 5 common myths Read more »
This post was filed by Christina Pretorius, Programme Manager for the International Fund for Animal Welfare Southern Africa 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 »
IFAW has deployed emergency relief teams of veterinarians and animal care
experts from Australia, China, United Kingdom and the United States to work
collaboratively with local groups in affected areas in India, Sri Lanka and
Thailand.
“Thi Read more »
‘Wildlife Conservation: In Pursuit of Ecological
Sustainability’ is the first in a series of international forums being
hosted by IFAW, (International Fund for Animal Welfare www.ifaw.org/forum). The
IFAW Forum at Limerick will run fro Read more »
“There are only 5,000 tigers left in the wild but as many as 10,000 being kept
as pets in basements and backyards across the U.S. and there are few, if any,
legal safeguards to protect the animals or public safety,” said Sarah Tyack,
d Read more »
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with the Canadian government
in this important project,” IFAW Canada campaigner Barbara Cartwright said.
The Canadian Wildlife Service recently retired 228 Motorola PT 300
radios used t Read more »
Only two days ago, IFAW applauded initiatives taken by the Beijing Forestry
Bureau to ban the eating of wildlife in Beijing restaurants and markets. But, at
a seminar held recently in Beijing by the State Forestry Administration in
Beijing talk of Read more »
The municipal order bans the eating and serving of more than 1800 species of
wildlife in restaurants and street stands. The prohibition list includes key
protected species such as snakes, civet cats, pangolins and turtles as well as
those that are Read more »
The MPs, from all parties, signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for urgent
international action to address the bushmeat crisis. At current levels, bushmeat
hunting could drive our closest animal relatives, Africa’s great apes (gorillas, Read more »
The five-person expert IFAW team began to arrive in Baghdad a week ago, and now
includes vets and logistical experts and has many years experience in handling
difficult and dangerous situations to bring care to animals in need. The
international I Read more »
Three islands - Ons, Cies and Salvora – form the new National Maritime Atlantic
Islands Park and are the most important nesting and migration locations for
birds in the region.Tens of thousands of birds inhabit and visit the
island and nearb 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 »
It is an exciting time for the project as this year’s funding has finally allowed us to secure a local student’ Read more »
Every year police officers and conservation and animal welfare organisations meet to talk about how we can work together to Read more »
Today is my favourite day of the year. Today we celebrated our annual International Fund for Animal Welfare Animal Action Read more »
Being in the first Peace Corps program in Swaziland, I didn’t really know what I was getting into. Life in a small Read more »
Last week, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act was marked up and agreed to by the House Natural Read more »
In November the Convention for Migratory Species (CMS) will meet in Bergen, Norway to discuss and hopefully improve Read more »
Let’s be clear, the threats to marine life from the oil and gas industry are real. Let’s start with the Read more »
With more and more scientists finding an accelerated shrinking of Arctic habitat, and on-going attempts by single-minded US Read more »
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to testify before a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives’ 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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