Endangered Species: Elephants, Gorillas & Rhinoceros Protection Organization

Endangered elephants, gorillas and rhinoceros receive the relief services they need through IFAW's global campaigns to save threatened species and habitat. We focus on three major animal conservation areas: reducing commercial exploitation and trade, saving animals in distress, and preserving habitat. The IFAW supports CITES efforts to help protect animals who are being exploited due to illegal wildlife trade. IFAW's Emergency Relief Team helps national and local organizations to save animals when natural and man made disasters occur. Our rapid response capabilities allow us to save animals that might otherwise be lost to storms, oil spills and other disasters. We also fight habitat destruction around the world including protecting animals from the effects of coastal habitat devastation, mining, wetland destruction and much more. Recent IFAW efforts include these animal conservation and habitat preservation programs:

• Gorilla and Elephant preservation: A US$30,000 donation to boost the work of the Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP); support for a petition of some two million signatures, organized by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) to stop illegal bushmeat trade in Central Africa; work with African peoples to ensure compliance with the 1989 ban on the ivory trade, and expansion of elephant habitat in South Africa; work with David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya and Tsavo National Park to build lion-proof enclosures to protect young elephant population.



• Rhino conservation: A US$2,336.00 donation to the Wildcare Africa Trust to enable them to provide desperately needed food and veterinary assistance to rhinos and other wildlife in the Mosi O Tunya National Park in Zambia; emergency funding to rescue a rare white rhino calf from the arid Kalahari.



• Hooded seal pup protection: In 1996 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the federal government could limit the hunt for newborn (“blueback”) hooded seals. IFAW supported this ruling through three levels of the Canadian court system to help curb large scale commercial hunting of hooded seals.



• IFAW provides Emergency Animal relief like that given to desperate animals in the Baghdad zoo. IFAW rushed to Iraq to help ensure the long-term welfare of the animals, providing emergency food, supplies and veterinary care.



• IFAW joined forces with the Natural Resources Defense Council and 55 Mexican environmental groups to form the Coalition to Save Laguna San Ignacio. Laguna San Ignacio was the last unspoiled Pacific gray whale nursery in the world. In 2000, Mexican president Zedillo announced that the area would remain undeveloped; a major victory for the gray whale.



• Since 1994, IFAW has given more than 400 Pet Rescue grants totaling nearly $2 million to small, local shelters and animal protection groups around the world. In Mexico City, IFAW's Latin America office is addressing the root causes of pet overpopulation, and is educating the public and local authorities about responsible pet ownership.



• Our local and regional efforts in Asia/Pacific, Canada, China, East Africa, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Latin America, the Netherlands, Russia, Southern Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States provide protection and emergency help to a wide range of wild and domestic animals.

Your donation can help save threatened species across the globe

Our worldwide focus on animal conservation and the preservation of animal habitat requires generous donations from a wide network of supporters. If you wish to make a donation to IFAW, simply fill out the online form. Donating online is easy and secure. Please follow these links to find out more about corporate giving and planned giving. We want to create a world in which all life can flourish. Donate to IFAW today and help assist animals in distress.

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