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Provide Emergency Relief
When disaster strikes, our Emergency Relief team rushes to save animals from suffering. Learn how we:

  • Rescued 19,000 oiled penguins
  • Save animals from disasters
  • Release stranded whales & dolphins
  • Support sanctuaries for orphaned animals

Protecting Whales Around the World
We’re leading the fight to end commercial whaling and protect endangered whales for future generations. Learn how you can help:

  • Stop whaling & learn about the IWC
  • Create new sanctuaries for whales
  • Visit our flagship - Song of the Whale
  • Promote whale watching & protect endangered whales

Save the World's Remaining Elephants
Ivory poachers are killing elephants at an alarming rate and critical elephant habitat is disappearing every day. Learn how you can help:

  • Stop the ivory dealers
  • Protect elephants from poachers
  • Expand protected rangelands for elephants
  • Rebuild and secure parks and habitat

Help Dogs and Cats
Around the world we bring immediate relief to thousands of companion animals. Learn how you can help:

  • Support Community Led Animal Welfare
  • Win new animal protection laws
  • Support Mobile Humane Education Clinics

Fight Illegal Wildlife Trade
The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-billion dollar industry and already threatens over 5000 species. Learn how you can help:

  • Save gorillas & other endangered species
  • End the bushmeat trade
  • Rescue the Tibetan Antelope
  • Protect tigers and other "exotic" pets

Save Baby Seals
Hundreds of thousands of innocent baby seals will be clubbed or shot to death this year in Canada's annual seal hunt. This inexcusable act of cruelty is actually subsidized by the Canadian government.

  • Help stop this senseless baby seal hunt
  • Show Canada the world does care
  • Help document hunt abuses to the media
  • Download free seal images and wallpaper

Animal Action Week 2008
Already a major event in 16 countries and reaching many more online, IFAW's Animal Action Week is galvanizing efforts to save and protect animals worldwide.

  • Download free education packs
  • Watch the Animal Action Week video
  • Enter contests and win prizes!
  • Learn about how you can help animals

National & Regional Efforts
IFAW has offices in every corner of the globe. Click here to see how we are:

  • Promoting Animal Action Week
  • Winning a ban on hunting with hounds
  • Saving Grizzly bears
  • Protecting "big mouths" (basking sharks)
  • And rescuing many more animals around the world