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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 »
This post was filed by Nana Grosse-Woodley from the International Fund for Animal Welfare office in East Africa.
Due to Read more »
This post was filed by Nana Grosse-Woodley from the International Fund for Animal Welfare office in East Africa.
There Read more »
The post was submitted by Liz Wamba, a staff member of the International Fund for Animal Welfare's East Africa office Read more »
The following is an update from Eduardo Santurtun, an International Fund for Animal Welfare veterinary team member working Read more »
This is a repost of the original L.A. Times "Unleashed" Blog post from June, 2010.
We've invited a panel of experts on Read more »
This post comes in from the Project Manager of the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Dog and Cat Rescue Project in 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 »
Japan threatens to break the 20-year moratorium on commercial whaling set up
by the IWC. Senior Japanese official Yoshimasa Hayashi told AFP in Washington
recently "We are running out of patience after waiting for 20 years," Media
reports reveal t Read more »
According to widespread media reports and government sources, Japan will
shortly announce plans to double its “scientific” whaling in protected waters
around Antarctica and to add two new protected species, fin and humpback whales,
to Read more »
The dogs are being moved from the Beijing Human and Animal Environmental
Education Center (BHAEEC) in China to the NSALA facilities in Port Washington,
NY, to provide an immediate solution to overcrowding faced by dog shelters in
China and to find Read more »
The British, French and German governments also issued a message which
strongly criticised the Marine Research Institute’s proposals for 39 minke
whales to be taken this year.
IFAW condemned the recommendation as cruel, unnecessary and econom Read more »
However, the plans are powerless to stop Japanese whaling—one of the most
serious threats to whale recovery.
“It is all well and good for Australia to attempt to put her own house in
order but there are other governments that are determ Read more »
An IFAW-led coalition, including
World Wildlife Fund, Nature Canada, Birds Studies Canada and the Sierra Club of
Canada, campaigned in favor of the new legislation. "The broad spectrum of support on this
bill is something seldom seen in Cana Read more »
“We appreciate the recognition and encourage new users to visit ifaw.org to
learn how to create a better world for animals and people,” said A.J. Cady,
IFAW’s Director of Online Campaigns and Marketing.
IFAW will be honored alongs Read more »
During the month of May, IFAW’s Song of the Whale team will be working to
assist the Action Plan for the Recovery of the Atlantic monk seal, which is part
of the Bonn Convention; In collaboration with Spanish conservationists
from CBD- Read more »
“We applaud the Arkansas legislators who voted to pass this bill and
particularly House Representative Phillip Jackson who originally introduced it,
for their wisdom and foresight in protecting the public by prohibiting people
from owning da 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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In the news
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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