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The International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Emirate of Dubai’s Veterinary Services Section Department of Public Read more »
Africa is a thirsty continent and scarce water resources make it one of our most important commodities – and Read more »
By now, most of us have heard the news coming out of Zanesville, Ohio, where the owner of an animal preserve set free Read more »
It is an exciting time for the project as this year’s funding has finally allowed us to secure a local student’ Read more »
Every year police officers and conservation and animal welfare organisations meet to talk about how we can work together to Read more »
Today is my favourite day of the year. Today we celebrated our annual International Fund for Animal Welfare Animal Action Read more »
Being in the first Peace Corps program in Swaziland, I didn’t really know what I was getting into. Life in a small Read more »
Last week, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act was marked up and agreed to by the House Natural Read more »
In November the Convention for Migratory Species (CMS) will meet in Bergen, Norway to discuss and hopefully improve 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.
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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 »
Last night the German Bundestag voted unanimously to stick to the existing pan-European trade regulation on commercial seal products. The vote is in response to the WTO (World Trade Organization) challenge brought by Canada and Norway. The lawsuit is Read more »
The European General Court today upheld the EU trade regulation on seal products. In a strongly-worded and crystal clear decision the court dismissed any concerns that either the EU seal trade regulation, or its implementation, lacked a legal basis. Read more »
A healthy, female calf has been born in Manas National Park, to a rhinoceros hand-raised by IFAW-WTI as an orphan and moved to the park as part of a species reintroduction.
“This is the first calf born in the wild in India from a rhino that had Read more »
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 »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is urging Japan to abandon its dying whaling industry as the fleet returns to port with its lowest Antarctic catch since ‘scientific whaling’ began in 1987.
In December last year, the Read more »
As the 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok comes to a close, IFAW is celebrating an historic CoP that left polar bears in the cold but brought additional protection to Read more »
IFAW has welcomed the decision today by the 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP 16) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to agree three proposals - two of which were proposed by the EU - Read more »
Several EU member states were today forced to vote against a proposal to give the already endangered polar bear more protection at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) after the European Commission failed to support it. Read more »
The EU delegation currently in Thailand at an international conference is actively derailing the polar bear’s best chance of survival. While the United States, supported by the Russian Federation, is hours away from securing vital protections 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 »
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 »
The preliminary submissions in this brief are aimed at correcting the misleading and incomplete manner in which Canada has ch Read more »
INTERPOL’s Project Web was launched following studies by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), which conclu Read more »
Since my last blog post, dolphins have continued to strand daily on Cape Cod. In the midst of the rescue efforts, we held a Read more »
The practice of keeping wild and exotic animals such as lions, monkeys, tortoises and raptors is increasing through out the Read more »
I meant to update everyone on the dog house build for the northern community but between travel and a travel bug, I’ve Read more »
The short video below was produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare team. One way to help the team effort is Read more »
This has been an exceptional stranding season for us - having already responded to 102 dolphins since January Read more »
The waters and dolphins in Cape Cod are capturing attention on a worldwide scale, but unfortunately not for a positive Read more »
Cape Cod is one of only a few places in the world where multiple whales and dolphins frequently beach themselves. These mass Read more »
Janice Girardi, the founder and Director of the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) never arrives at the office before Read more »
Time flies when you’re having fun, so they say. The past 12 months have certainly been amongst the fastest of my life 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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