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In a casual conversation today, I learned that some of my colleagues were unaware that today is International Women’s Read more »
About 16 miles off the coast of Uganda, in Lake Victoria, lies Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Read more »
On February 16th, The Jakarta Post published the article “Bali lowers rabies alert level: Good news or bad?”- Read more »
This is an yet unpublished letter to the editor of Australia’s The Age in response to the March 2nd opinion written by Read more »
Recently, I had the privilege of representing the International Fund for Animal Welfare at the launch of the “ Read more »
VIDEO: An Esso spot from the 1960s...
Exxon, or Esso as it was known in those days (and still is in some parts of the world Read more »
My colleague, Celine Sissler, has just returned from Cameroon, where since January over 300 elephants have fallen to Read more »
Bouba Njida, March 5, 2012 - It is 9:10 a.m. and we're all packed. As we have been banned from flying over the park by Read more »
Bouba Njida (March 3rd and 4th, 2012) - I don't know exactly what I feel, I can't find the words. They might not Read more »
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 »
Take a moment to watch this video on the recent elephant collaring in Amboseli and learn more of IFAW’s partnership Watch Video »
“IWC countries are being pressured not to vote for conservation
measures. If Japan, Iceland and Norway are genuinely interested in
compromise, they should immediately suspend their whaling as a sign of
good faith,” Ra Read more »
According to a new report from WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Global Ocean,
Latin America will host more than one million whale watch customers this year,
if the current stron Read more »
The research team, led by Dr. Scott Baker of Oregon State University,
analyzed DNA from 99 whale meat products purchased in Japanese markets since
2006 and identified six baleen whale species: humpback, fin, sei, Bryde’s, North
Pacific minke Read more »
Conservationists worldwide, including experts with the
International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org), expressed concern that a
compromise might be agreed that would overturn the moratorium and legitimize
commercial whaling. “The Read more »
Staging at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Quincy, Illinois, the three groups
– the first to enter Illinois to assist in animal relief – have set up a
temporary shelter, which is growing each day. Twenty fawns, rescued by local
groups Read more »
In April, the Navy petitioned the Court for review of the February 29, 2008,
decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, allowing naval training
exercises to continue in the Southern California region but with greater
environmental safeguards Read more »
The research team, led by Dr. Scott Baker of Oregon State University,
analyzed DNA from 99 whale meat products purchased in Japanese markets since
2006 and identified six baleen whale species: humpback, fin, sei, Bryde’s, North
Pacific minke Read more »
Conservationists worldwide, including experts with the
International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org), expressed concern that a
compromise might be agreed that would overturn the moratorium and legitimize
commercial whaling. “The Read more »
In April, the Navy petitioned the Court for review of the February 29, 2008,
decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, allowing naval training
exercises to continue in the Southern California region but with greater
environmental safeguards Read more »
As domesticated animals, dogs and cats
rely on us for the basic care that is essential for
their health and well-being. At Read more »
Official government of Japan statistics, Japanese press clippings, and public opinion polling in Japan show conclusively that Read more »
The IFAW research vessel Song of the Whale (SOTW) left the Azores at the beginning of May bound for the north-east coast of t Read more »
The illicit trade in wildlife is not only a serious global environmental crime with profoundly negative impacts for endangere Read more »
The EU legislation being challenged by Canada and Norway is Regulation (EC) No. 1007/2009, also known as the “EU s Read more »
The preliminary submissions in this brief are aimed at correcting the misleading and incomplete manner in which Canada has ch Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has welcomed news that the Republic of Korea will abandon plans to conduct Read more »
After a week based in Boston, Song of the Whale and team headed out to Stellwagen Bank, off Cape Cod, to help conduct a Read more »
I don’t know about you, but when I think of Cuba, I think music, revolution, passion, and of time stood still. I Read more »
Yesterday’s seizure of 46 elephant tusks in Cape Town, the latest ivory related crime linked to the metropole, is Read more »
IFAW works with local communities to help them better prepare for future disasters. You can help by doing your part to Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare has to get involved where wildlife would otherwise be forgotten. That is why I Read more »
In this recent interview by Emirates 24/7 on Dubai One Television, Dr. Elsayed Mohamed talked about the growing phenomenon Read more »
Elephants are a keystone species that play a vital role in maintaining the biodiversity in the areas where they range. Read more »
Monday 2 July, Brussels Airport, gate 43: “Ladies and Gentlemen, our Brussels – Nairobi flight is now ready for 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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