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The BBC has just reported that a volunteer IFAW hunt monitor filmed a fox being pursued by hounds on a railway track.
Sadly Read more »
From where I sit in Cape Town as the Director of IFAW’s Southern Africa operations and as the Elephant Programme Read more »
UPDATE: 9.6.11
Hi all - There is an update on the situation by way of press release here.
From the release:
"The Read more »
If that sounds like someone you have been looking for, Pups is your man... and he’s wondering where you are and why Read more »
International Fund for Animal Welfare teams on the road to rescue animals stricken by Hurricane Irene.
Four days after Read more »
Our understanding of the social and emotional intelligence of animals is rapidly expanding. Prides of lions, herds of Read more »
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the GTI efforts, it’s that we shouldn’t wait until there are Read more »
We are on our way to a farm in Swanieville. The dusty road meanders towards the entrance to the farm and Cora Bailey, Read more »
In 1989, when it was almost too late, conservationists were able to push an agreement to ban international ivory trade Read more »
It is 8 am. The temperature is already near 40°C on this part of the planet, which has now been identified as a high- Watch Video »
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 »
With a staff of only five individuals and a dedicated corps of more than 300
local volunteers, CCSN responds to 500-700 reports of stranded marine mammals
each year. Under the proposed agreement, CCSN, including its employees,
volunteers, and expe Read more »
New U.S. poll results on attitudes toward whaling show the vast majority of the
American public opposes commercial whaling and supports greater protection for
whales, while polling data from Japan shows that a sizeable majority of the
Japanese pub Read more »
Kyokuyo is a multinational seafood conglomerate that got its start in the 1930s
as a whaling company operating in the Antarctic. Although it sold its stock in
the Government of Japan’s whaling fleet last year, Kyokuyo has not cut its
connect Read more »
New U.S. poll results on attitudes toward whaling show the vast majority of the
American public opposes commercial whaling and supports greater protection for
whales, while polling data from Japan shows that a sizeable majority of the
Japanese pub Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) today announced that the last
opportunity to move the gorillas during optimal weather conditions – essential
for the welfare of the animals – had passed. The next opportu Read more »
Dubai is a major regional and global travel and commercial hub that offers IFAW
the opportunity to reach a large and diverse audience with its awareness
building and educational programs. Further, the U.A.E.’s regional and global
leadership Read more »
The team traveled by plane and helicopter and observed a single sealing vessel
as it began hunting seals on the opening day of the Gulf hunt. As expected,
sealers were shooting at seals on small ice pans from their boat. “What we saw
today w Read more »
Canada has allowed over one million seals to be killed in the past three years.
With this year’s commercial total allowable catch limit set at 270,000 seals,
this becomes the fourth consecutive year in which the government allocation has
exc Read more »
China's 1993 ban on domestic trade of tiger bones has been essential in
contributing to preventing the extinction of wild tigers by curbing demand in
what historically has been the world’s largest consumer market for tiger parts
and products 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 above slideshow contains photos of Maju and Raja, two young rhinos who were rehabilitated at the International Read more »
This post was filed by Mada Oha, our adminisrative staff person here in the Dubai. --EM
In January, the International Fund Read more »
The mass stranding event of common dolphins in Cape Cod that started in January 12, 2012 officially Read more »
Four bear cubs were brought to the International Fund for Animal Welfare bear rescue center from the Central Forest Nature Read more »
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 »
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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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