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At 5:30am in Amboseli, visibility is poor and the sun has not risen. Hyena howls can be heard from a distant as they return Read more »
At the beginning of November, International Fund for Animal Welfare Russia took part in the 12th Meeting of Western Gray Read more »
Today, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) biologists and veterinarians Read more »
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 »
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 »
In order to support the Congolese authorities in their efforts to reinforce the protection of the forest elephants that Watch Video »
DiCaprio serves as the global ambassador for the program, which highlights a different animal and conservation theme each year. This year’s theme is “Elephants, Never Forget,” and focuses on the crisis that elephants face 20 years a Read more »
Following Japanese media reports today that whaling will continue with around US$27 million in additional government security budget to protect the fleet, Patrick Ramage, Director of IFAW’s Global Whale Programme, said: “I'd bet this is w Read more »
“Thousands of animals have been left out in the open under the rain or in the scorching sun with no help at all,” said Dr. Dick Green IFAW Manager for Disasters. “Our main goal right now is to get food into the hardest-hit areas as Read more »
Together, IFAW and the Cummings School seek to collaborate on research and share training opportunities for staff and students. Several Cummings School students have previously worked on IFAW sponsored projects all over the world including elep Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org) welcomed the move and urged the US government to maintain its strong stance against Icelandic whaling. As the end of the country’s whaling season approaches, no endangered fin whale Read more »
“The annual herding and clubbing to death of still-nursing seal pups in Namibia has been criticized by veterinarians and scientists around the world” said Sheryl Fink, Director of IFAW’s Seal Program.
As the example of the C Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) is working with Learn to Earn (www.learntoearn.org.za), the Western Cape-based skills training and job creation organisation, which roped in 10 other non-profits to make the ribbons provid Read more »
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 »
In 2006, the European Parliament requested that the European Commission draft a regulation to ban trade in products derived f Read more »
The recent implementation of a number of national bans on the importation of seal products, the on-going discussions of addit Read more »
Traditional Chinese Medicine has made contribution to human health historically, but it is also a learning and adaptive proce Read more »
The Precarious State of Arctic Marine Mammals in the United States Due to Global Warming Read more »
First Santiago Declaration By The Latin American Non Government Organizations For Whale Conservation
First Santiago Declaration By The Latin American Non Government Organizations For Whale Conservation Read more »
The Internet has become the world’s biggest marketplace, one that is open for business 24 hours a day, seven days a wee Read more »
This document describes the various tools used for killing seals in Canada's commercial seal hunt. The MMR, and the informati Read more »
The first hearing on the EU’s controversial ban on seal products begins Monday in Geneva at the World Trade 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 »
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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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