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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 »
Fish and Wildlife Service is launching a new week-long campaign, “Follow the Polar Bear” to highlight USFWS Read more »
In September 2012, the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s seal team sprang into action to help two captive seals Read more »
Following the success of the 21st International Conference on Bear Research and Management held last week in Delhi, today Read more »
Erika Flores and I met with the municipality of Playa del Carmen two months ago to address operational problems at the Read more »
Make the seal hunt an issue in the Canadian by-elections
The seal hunt should be a federal election issue. It is an Read more »
One hundred fifteen of the one hundred eighty penguins cared for by Brazil’s Instituto de Pesquisa e Reabilita Read more »
Well, the baby boom is finally coming to an end.
Although some females are still pregnant and will give birth in the coming Read more »
Two male grizzly cubs were rescued in late October from the Kootenay Rockies region of British Columbia after their mother Read more »
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 »
Last November, villagers from Anini, a small and remote town in Northeast India, spotted four tiger cubs moving around their Watch Video »
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 »
Moments after the National Transitional Council (NTC) took control of the Libyan capital, IFAW’s focus turned to the animals living at the Tripoli Zoo. The zoo is located in very close proximity to Gadhafi’s former compound at Bab al-Aziz Read more »
The seizure weighs about 2,000 kgs and was hidden inside containers marked as crushed plastic.
Friday’s ivory confiscations were the fourth seizure in 14 days – during which time a staggering 3,194 elephant ivory tusks were taken into cu Read more »
First, the team tried to herd the animals back out to open water by dropping acoustic deterrents called pingers from a boat, but unfortunately this technique was unsuccessful and the pod of dolphins beached themselves despite their efforts.
“O Read more »
Responding to a request from the State of New York, IFAW is deploying two trained water rescue teams and a 36-foot rescue trailer - funded by a grant from Petfinder.com Foundation - carrying boats, dog crates, capture equipment and other supplies. Read more »
The dramatic need for the training was underlined earlier in the week when Tanzania, who sent two officers to the training, seized 1,041 elephant ivory tusks.
Canada is one of the leading countries which supports INTERPOL’s Environmental Crime Read more »
The record-setting seizure comes as 27 wildlife law enforcement officials from 11 Southern African countries gather in Gaborone, Botswana this week to undergo a joint IFAW and INTERPOL training session on the prevention of illegal trade in wildlife. Read more »
Acting of behalf of unnamed Asian countries, Kuwait requested that all members of civil society be removed from the room to allow for a closed-door discussion.
The agenda had called for a discussion on an ivory decision-making mechanism, on elephant Read more »
Officials issued a notice that they would ban dogs in three districts of Jiangmen and confiscate and kill all dogs in those areas beginning on August 26. The reason for the notice was to prevent rabies for human safety and to establish a civilized ci Read more »
The gorilla move is being funded principally by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) and organized by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (Fossey Fund). “IFAW was happy to help with the move and provi Read more »
The illegal ivory trade recently intensified to the highest levels ever reported. Policing this trafficking has been hampered Read more »
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 »
The 2007 International Workshop on the rehabilitation, release and monitoring of bear cubs was organized by the International Read more »
The Canadian harp seal hunt is a competitive activity, carried out over an extensive area, and under very unpredictable condi Read more »
IFAW believes that the Standing Committee's (SC) decision on designating Japan as a "trading partner" for the o Read more »
The Internet is a rapidly expanding global marketplace. Its anonymity and unregulated nature provide almost limitless opportu Read more »
Chinese culture and traditional lore are deeply intertwined with beliefs over the curative powers of animals, and the use of Read more »
While sea ice cover has varied cyclically since 1969, nine of the past eleven years(1996-2006) have been characterized by bel Read more »
When Jeanne walked into the Falmouth High School shelter I could tell she was cold and very nervous. She struggled to stand Read more »
Today (the moment of writing) is Valentine’s Day so it seems appropriate that I use this post to talk about my love of Read more »
In the race to save elephants Jim Nyamu is a champion, but over the next couple of weeks he’s taking it slowly in a Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW- www.ifaw.org) announced today an emergency grant to rescue the last Read more »
• The document provides draft Decisions contained
in Annex 1 and proposed amendments to Resolution
Conf. 12.5 (Rev. Read more »
Inclusion of oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus,
in Appendix II with the following annotation:
The entry into Read more »
• The Polar bear has been recognized by Parties,
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations,
and leading Read more »
The document prepared by the Secretariat at the
request of the Standing Committee, first and foremost,
would delay the Read more »
The document submitted by Nigeria and Rwanda (CoP16 Doc. 53.3) contains two items for consideration by the Parties: a 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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