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This is a repost of the L.A. Times "Unleashed" blog post from July, 2010.
We're asking experts in the animal-protection Read more »
The undersea geyser of oil that began with an explosion more than three months ago has stopped but that doesn’t mean the Read more »
Kate Atema, International Fund for Animal Welfare team member, recounting the final leg of the trip for the dogs rescued Read more »
The following report is coming from Jan Hannah, Project Manager of
the International Fund for Animal
Welfare's
Northern Read more »
This post was filed by International Fund for Animal Welfare's Michael Booth reporting from Longmont, Colorado Read more »
This report filed by International Fund for Animal Welfare's Companion Animal Director - Kate Atema, who was Read more »
The following report is coming from Jan Hannah, Project Manager of
the International Fund for Animal
Welfare's Northern Read more »
Jamison and I spent today traveling to several fishing villages with Dr. Omar Amir from the Marine Conservation Unit of the Read more »
This post was filed by Nana Grosse-Woodley from the International Fund
for Animal Welfare office in East Africa.
Snake 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 »
The Tibetan antelope is one of the flagship species of China’s Qinghai-Tibet,
China Plateau and is highly endangered. By the mid-1990s its population had
plummeted, from an estimated 2 million at the turn of 20th century, to merely
75,0 Read more »
Every single day thousands of wild animals and animal parts – from live
chimpanzees and huge ivory tusks to tiny dried seahorses – are illegally traded
in cyberspace. IFAW conducted a three-month investigation which showed that, in
a s Read more »
“The support we have received from Zodiac has been invaluable in our efforts
to save hundreds of oiled seabirds throughout the world and to protect
endangered whales. We are gratified by Zodiac’s commitment as a pioneering,
responsible Read more »
This year’s conference, hosted by Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research,
brings together 250 of the world’s leading professional oiled wildlife
responders to collaborate on oil spill prevention initiatives, contingency
planning and oile Read more »
“It is very disappointing that an elephant was nearly killed by poachers
within a protected nature reserve,” said Dr. Zhang Li IFAW’s Director of China,
“Stronger measures must be taken to tackle wildlife poaching in the nat Read more »
Taronga and Melbourne zoos also agreed to not move the eight Asian elephants
from Thailand until an appeal has been completed.
IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare), RSPCA Australia and Humane
Society International (HS Read more »
Ecomessage, a new Interpol reporting system designed in collaboration with
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org), allows real-time access to
wildlife crime information among law enforcement agencies worldwide. Ecomessage Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) and African sanctuaries caring for
orphaned great apes welcomed the 2005 edition of the International Gorilla
Studbook, which is compiled through information submitted by the zoos an Read more »
"Working on the ground in 15 countries around the world has given IFAW an
opportunity to help many states build their wildlife law enforcement capacity,"
said Executive Vice President Azzedine Downes, "the Arab League's efforts to
enforce CITES re 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 »
November 15 marks the official closing of the Namibian seal hunt for another season. Despite calls from the International Read more »
While in Bali, Indonesia last week, jet-setting fashionista Paris Hilton was struck by the suffering of the island’s Read more »
Last Monday, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) rescue teams assisted in an operation that rescued 175 dogs from a Read more »
Egypt’s Environment and Water Bodies police, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and the Ministry of Read more »
This week the team onboard R/V Song of the Whale begin a project to survey the Dogger Bank, North Sea, for cetaceans, Read more »
Today we released a special report on Australia’s Last Great Whale Haven – the North West Marine Region. Read more »
Animals introduced as pets, bait or as food sometimes escape or are purposefully released from captivity. Sometimes, those Read more »
Nearly all the world’s remaining wild gorillas and chimpanzees live in Central and West Africa and several key Read more »
Today we heard that the Toronto Zoo is planning on separating Pedro and Buddy, two male African penguins that paired up and 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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