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IFAW Africa: Three Elephant Poachers from Tanzania Killed in Tsavo Park
Three elephant poachers were killed late last week (13 March 2010) and one escaped with injuries after an exchange of fire with Tsavo West Parka TMs anti-poaching unit. The poaching gang from neighbouring Tanzania is suspected to be behind the killing of eight elephants in the Park in the last six months  Read More >

Opportunity lost to help polar bears
What a disappointment - today is a day that I suspect many CITES Parties will look back on in shame. The world had a chance to take immediate action that would have saved hundreds of polar bears each year, but...  Read More >

IFAW CITES: Last Minute Efforts for Polar Bears
To our great surprise, the Committee Chair announced this morning that polar bears could come up for a vote as early as 3pm today. The polar bear coalition spent the morning scrambling to assist the US delegation on their strategy for shoring up votes, and continued to line-up votes ourselves with different delegations with whom we have been talking all week,  Read More >

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 ARCH Members

IFAW has partnered with WSPA to create the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) in order to mount a coordinated animal relief response to this devastating earthquake.  Many of the world’s leading animal welfare groups have joined ARCH, and we warmly welcome them and thank them for their support of the coalition.

Here’s the current list of ARCH members:

  • International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
  • World Society for Protection of Animals
  • American Humane Association  
  • Best Friends Animal Society
  • RSPCA (UK)  
  • In Defence of Animals  
  • American Veterinary Medical Association
  • American Veterinary Medical Foundation
  • Antigua and Barbuda Humane Society  
  • ASPCA 
  • United Animal Nations  
  • The Kinship Circle  
  • One Voice  
  • Swiss Animal Protection  
  • Palo Alto Humane Society (PAHS) 
  • People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) 
  • Finnish Federation for Animal Welfare Associations 
  • Animal Medical Care Foundation (AMCF)  
  • Petfinder.com Foundation

New groups are being added every day, so be sure to check back for updates