National & Regional Efforts
IFAW is an international family dedicated to winning global campaigns for animals.
Yet we are just as fiercely committed to saving individual groups of animals who face a specific local threat.
Learn more about our regional and national efforts to help animals and people live in harmony.
Gaining Ground: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability
Our planet is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. More species are being lost more rapidly than ever before. Many view it as the sixth mass extinction to hit planet Earth, but this one is quite different. Unlike previous events, it is being caused not by some unavoidable catastrophe, but rather by the activities and behaviour of one superabundant, virtually omnipresent and dominant species – Homo sapiens. If maintenance of biodiversity is a primary goal of the conservation movement, then the movement is failing.
Grizzly Bear Rehabilitation Project
Learn how IFAW is helping to rehabilitate and release orphaned grizzly bears.
Saving Seabirds
The International Fund for Animal Welfare and Canada’s largest conservation organizations applaud the passage of Bill C-15, an amendment to the Migratory Birds Convention Act that imposes stricter penalties and larger minimal fines for shipping companies and ship officers found illegally dumping bilge oil into Canadian waters.
Emergency Preparation and Response
Over the past decade, Canada has experienced a marked increase in natural disasters. Through IFAW's extensive experience in animal rescue and disaster relief efforts it has become better understood that the bond between people and their animals is so great that it becomes nearly impossible to separate the human rescue and the animal rescue effort during a disaster.
Stop Animal Cruelty in Canada: Support Anti-Cruelty Laws
Prompted by a horrific real life case, "Krista's Law" addresses the desperate need for stronger animal protection legislation in Canada. Learn how you can help.
