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The following report is coming from Jan Hannah, Project Manager of the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Northern Dogs Read more »
This post was submitted by Ashfaq Fateh - Field Manager for the collaborative International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW Read more »
This post was filed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Lisa Hua, campaigns manager in our China office...Where Read more »
Hi all - I just received this uplifting note in my inbox from Grace Gabriel, the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Read more »
This report was filed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Michael Booth, Emergency Relief communications officer Read more »
The post was submitted by Elizabeth Wamba, a staff member of the International Fund for Animal Welfare's East Africa Read more »
We recently had the chance to visit a very special dog named Joyce after she was rescued from Cozumel and adopted to a Read more »
Twenty hours from Toronto, in a remote part of the province of Quebec, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) is Read more »
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 »
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 »
Take a moment to watch this video on the recent elephant collaring in Amboseli and learn more of IFAW’s partnership Watch Video »
This admission was made during closing remarks yesterday by Senior Counsel
for the zoos, Dr John Griffiths, when Administrative Appeals Tribunal President
the Honourable Justice Downes asked him to explain why the elephants (intended
for importati Read more »
The four young Western Lowland gorillas were illegally captured in Cameroon
and sent to the Taiping Zoo in Malaysia in 2002 using forged documentation.
Following their confiscation by the Government of Malaysia, the gorillas were
transferred to th Read more »
The legal appeal, by IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare), RSPCA
Australia and Humane Society International (HSI), will begin on Tuesday (11
October). It is expected to last less than two working weeks.
They are challenging a decision, Read more »
The Federal Government has upheld its long-held policy banning trophy hunting
of Australian native animals for export.
Senator Campbell has today ruled (6 October) against a proposal by the
Northern Territory Government to allow up to 25 crocodile Read more »
Benetting is one of more than 5,000 companion animals affected by Hurricane
Katrina, many of which are only now able to reunite with their owners who were
displaced by the disaster. Pedro Garnica and his wife and son evacuated out of
the hurricane Read more »
The theme of this year’s event – “Caring for Our Best Friends” – focuses on
dogs and cats and the problems they face due to cruelty and overpopulation. All
the materials, many interactive, are available for free at the Read more »
The Hurricane Katrina animals have hopscotched across the state of Louisiana;
this is their third relocation in three weeks. After their initial rescue from
the floods of New Orleans, they were brought to a temporary shelter in Gonzales,
then move Read more »
The IFAW-KWS partnership will support in the purchase of vehicles for security
patrols as well as for human-wildlife conflict management. The project will also
increase and maintain road networks, build rangers’ houses, establish and
renovat Read more »
"When it comes to the commercial seal hunt, this poll shows that opposition
literally starts on the doorsteps of Parliament Hill and extends across the
country," said IFAW Canada’s Director, Olivier Bonnet.
Opposition to specific aspects of t 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 »
Some days simply begin badly. Today is one of those days.
As I began reading updates on International Fund for Read more »
As we begin the long track from the west side of the large Dogger Bank survey block, seals dominate the morning’s Read more »
It’s great to start the day with some good news and in the animal welfare game sadly it’s not all that common. Read more »
Six days in and we have completed two of our smaller survey blocks, the first close to the Hornsea wind farm and the second Read more »
The struggle to protect the marine region of North-west Australia is turning out like a kind of twisted David and Goliath 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 »
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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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