Animal Action education programme
Our Animal Action education programme helps children learn and care about animals

Our animal action education programme helps children learn and care about animals

Cats and dogs news

12th June 2013 Azzedine Downes
This week during a visit to Cozumel, Mexico, our team discovered a dog in desperate need of help. Covered in used motor oil Read more »
CLAW Director Cora Bailey responded to a call about a male vervet monkey that wa
12th June 2013 Cora Bailey
What’s a normal week for you? I often get asked this question, and am always at a loss to answer. For Community Led Read more »
Jodee Shelper (32) picks up her lost dog at the Animal Rescue Center in the town
28th May 2013 Jennifer Gardner
Each time a family is reunited, everyone, the family and the volunteers, have tears in their eyes. It is a pretty special Read more »
IFAW and BAWA help banjars take responsibility of their dogs’ health
27th May 2013 Kate Nattrass Atema
It’s a little-known secret that in the lush paradise of Bali, dog meat restaurants exist. The market for dog meat isn Read more »
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12th June 2013
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 »
30th May 2012
I have travelled to nearly all of the International Fund for Animal Welfare projects around the world, and have always been Watch Video »
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Emergency cash sent to Cyprus to save animals threatened by starvation during fi
8th April 2013
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) has sent desperately needed emergency funds to Cyprus to help feed animals facing starvation because of the current financial crisis. Donations to Cypriot shelters have completely Read more »
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4th November 2012
The ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), at the request of the Ocean County Health Department and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department in Toms River, N.J., has dispatched its disaster response team to co Read more »
IFAW rushes animal rescue and sheltering teams to Gulf Coast following Hurricane
31st August 2012
Rescuers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) have mobilized teams to Alexandria, Louisiana and Waveland, Mississippi to assist in animal rescue and sheltering efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac that made land Read more »
Tough Justice for Woman Guilty of Animal Cruelty
9th February 2012
One of the toughest judgments ever for animal cruelty in South Africa was handed down by a Krugersdorp court today. Antoinette van Wyk (34), a mother of three, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for five years, plus a further 12 months h Read more »
Justice Time for Dog Buried Alive – Accused Men in Court
11th January 2012
The trial of two men accused of burying a dog alive on the sports field of a Cape Town school, begins on Friday 13th January. Poto Mfengu and Mkhumbuzi Ncedana, janitors at the Luhlaza Secondary High School in Khayelitsha, are charged under the anima Read more »
21st September 2010
“This program will save hundreds of thousands of lives—both dogs and humans,” said Kate Atema, IFAW Director of Companion Animals Programs. IFAW is supporting the initiative which is being led by the World Society for the Protection Read more »
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IFAW‘s Approach to Dog and Cat Issues
4th March 2013 by
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 »
Saving animals
6th March 2013 by
It’s been more than 40 years since a small group of concerned citizens banded together to stop Canada’s cruel com Read more »
The welfare basis for euthanasia of dogs and cats and policy development
4th March 2013 by
IFAW works from the concept of ‘adequate guardianship’, which requires that an animal’s basic needs are me Read more »
HUMANE DOG POPULATION MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE
4th March 2013 by
All the organisations within the ICAM Coalition seek to improve animal welfare as a common purpose, and as a priority. Dog Read more »
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A much more restful Twiggy lounges during a recent spring afternoon.
10th April 2013 by Janice Hannah
I am just about to pack the van and prep to head north next week, but a lot has happened with Twiggy over the past week, and Read more »
Emergency cash sent to Cyprus to save animals threatened by starvation during fi
8th April 2013 by
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) has sent desperately needed emergency funds to Cyprus Read more »
Determined to avoid animals starving in Cyprus, funds finally reach shelters
8th April 2013 by Sonja Van Tichelen
Disasters affecting people and animals can happen anywhere at any time. The International Fund for Animal Welfare has a Read more »
All 8 puppies survived, thanks to caring community members and IFAW’s support
5th April 2013 by Erika Flores
Playa del Carmen is a paradise; but it also has a history of municipal neglect towards dogs kept in civic facilities. Read more »
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