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GIVING TUESDAY: In South Africa, Community Led Animal Welfare program builds community like no other
“Ubuntu” is an African word meaning “humanity to others”. Directly translated, it says: “I am Read more »
While I was at the annual International Society for Anthrozoology conference in Cambridge, England, we screened a short film Read more »
Visitors to Amboseli National Park react differently, depending on the time of day or year that they tour - and with good Read more »
We set out this morning at 7 a.m. It’s important to leave early for Amboseli because the animals are generally out and Read more »
We arrived in Nairobi last night and by 9 am this morning we had already set off for Amboseli National Park.
We flew to the Read more »
The recent confiscation of 3.8 tonnes of elephant ivory tusks in Hong Kong reminds me of another ivory seizure also made by Read more »
Amboseli is world famous for many reasons; its elephants, popularised through movies and research by Dr. Cynthia Moss, who Read more »
Barely three months have gone since the last ivory seizure and now we have another large one in Asia that is implicating Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) continues to support relief efforts in Pakistan as monsoon flooding 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 »
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 »
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Chinese culture and traditional lore are deeply intertwined with beliefs over the curative powers of animals, and the use of Read more »
While sea ice cover has varied cyclically since 1969, nine of the past eleven years(1996-2006) have been characterized by bel Read more »
In response to DFO's request for input on the 2007 Atlantic Sealing Regulatory Review, and following our meeting of 5 Februar Read more »
This document was prepared in collaboration with the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Conservation Internati Read more »
IFAW is proud to release this comprehensive report investigating the true scale of chronic oiling in EU waters and its impact Read more »
The findings and conclusions outlined in this report are the results of extensive research, including 63 interviews, conducte Read more »
The prevailing increase in elephant numbers across areas of southern Africa raises concern for their impact on biological div Read more »
The objective of this review is to re-examine the regulatory framework of Japan's domestic trade control over elephant iv Read more »
China has historically been a significant destination for illicit trade in ivory and was identified as the single most import Read more »
Discussions are underway at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over whether or not the EU ban on commercial seal products is Read more »
In every family there comes a time when the children have grown up and are ready to live on their own. Children look Read more »
Last weekend, in one of the worst poaching incidents recorded in Tsavo Park’s recent history, a family of 12 elephants Read more »
As many of us prepare for the holidays surrounded by friends and loved ones, news reports of heavily armed poachers in Read more »
The children in these photos are seriously concerned by the record amounts of ivory that have been seized of late in Hong Read more »
The above SkyTV video shows the killer whales surfacing through a hole in the ice to get access to air.
Whales, dolphins Read more »
Devastating bushfires are burning across large parts of South-Eastern Australia, with homes destroyed in Tasmania, Victoria Read more »
Some great news to start off 2013, as Taiwan passed legislation this week to close its markets to marine mammal products, Read more »
The Zambian game hunting industry appears to be in disarray following the suspension of licences and the apparent firing of 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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