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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 »
After several workshops with Dubai customs, the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) office of International Fund for Read more »
Editor’s note –
This email of thanks came in from Dr. Vicki Fishlock, a member of the Amboseli Trust for Watch Video »
I write this on my last day in Amboseli National Park, in the shadow of Mt Kilimanjaro.
It has been a spectacular journey Watch Video »
If you wanted to ask an elephant a question, how would you go about it? One way would be to record an elephant’s call Watch Video »
In this video interview, International Fund for Animal Welfare, James Isiche Director, Eastern Africa, gives a terrific Watch Video »
Reports today suggest that Tanzania has decided to withdraw its controversial proposal to sell over 100 000kg of ivory to China and Japan. The proposal was due to be debated in March at the next CITES (Convention on the International Trade in Endange Read more »
Yesterday the German Bundestag voted by a large majority in favor of a cross-party resolution for improving the protection of elephants. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) has long demanded such a resolution due to Read more »
Today’s giant 1,3 tonne ivory seizure in Hong Kong raises the tally of contraband ivory confiscated in the Chinese city to over five tonnes – in less than four weeks.
On 20 October Hong Kong officials seized a record smashing 3,81 tonnes Read more »
Three record-sized ivory confiscations in just three weeks, has put a further dent in East Africa’s growing image as a clearing house for the bloody illegal ivory trade.
They are a bleak reflection of the prediction by James Isiche, Regional Di Read more »
(Brussels, Belgium – 23 October 2012) The seizure of a record-smashing 3,81 tonnes of illegal ivory in Hong Kong on Saturday – the largest ever in China and the largest worldwide in two years - makes the past 24 months among the dead Read more »
– In a span of days, more than half a tonne of ivory has been seized by customs officials in two Asian countries. Last Friday, Thai customs officials discovered 456 kg of ivory which had been hidden in crates aboard a flight from Kenya. In addi Read more »
Killing with Keystrokes 2.0: IFAW's investigation into the European online ivory trade surveyed websites in the UK, Franc Read more »
An unprecedented surge in ivory seizures occurred
in 2011. Media reported that 5,259 elephant tusks
were seized worldwide i Read more »
Elephants need protection - whether it’s individual animals or entire populations and their habitats. 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 »
Last weekend, in one of the worst poaching incidents recorded in Tsavo Park’s recent history, a family of 12 elephants Read more »
After several workshops with Dubai customs, the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) office of International Fund for Read more »
