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For much of today, there hasn't been anything to see. But behind closed doors at the end of a hallway in the Hotel de Read more »
There had already been highly vocal complaints asserting some IWC member countries who wished to attend the meeting had not Read more »
With our global scope and expertise, IFAW has been able to make humane advancements and shift attitudes on a tremendous Read more »
There was much talk about quorates, banker’s drafts, voting rights, EU consensus and a variety of IWC technicalities, Read more »
I hugged the rubber bucket tight and sat heaving into it as violent gusts of wind and whipped-up waves engulfed the foredeck Read more »
A few days after arriving to Piltun, the weather conditions were favorable to start our work and four of us went out on the Read more »
International Fund for Animal Welfare Russia director Masha Vorontsova speaks about IFAW campaign efforts to protect the Read more »
One of the rules of the boat for the day was no screaming, well that rule went right out when the dolphins were swimming all Read more »
“Buying this piece is a good investment”, a sales woman unlocked a cabinet to take out a ball with multiple 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 »
The passenger, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was standing in the
nothing-to-declare customs line at the Beijing Capital International Airport,
when the surprise inspection was conducted.
Elephants are protected under an Appendix I li Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org), WWF, ACAP and the David Shepherd
Wildlife Foundation have written to the Mayor who sets the budget for the
Metropolitan Police Authority. The budget for the Wildlife Crime Unit is £8 Read more »
The results of a new Ipsos - MORI poll1, released today by the International
Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org), the League Against Cruel Sports,
and the RSPCA, shows that despite the pro-hunt protestations, little has
changed, wi Read more »
“While protesters and whalers clash, Japan’s “scientific” whaling program has
already inflicted prolonged painful deaths on hundreds of whales in the
Antarctic Whale Sanctuary,” said Darren Kindleysides, IFAW Campaigns Read more »
“While protesters and whalers clash, Japan’s “scientific” whaling program has
already inflicted prolonged painful deaths on hundreds of whales in the
Antarctic Whale Sanctuary,” said Darren Kindleysides, IFAW Campaigns Read more »
The multi-media installation will showcase IFAW’s award-winning photographic
images of animals and people in a variety of habitats from around the globe.
This educational exhibit is designed to appeal to viewers of all ages while
underscorin Read more »
While claims have previously been made by the CITES (Convention on the
International Trade of Endangered Species) Secretariat that Japan no longer has
significant involvement in the ivory trade industry, this 2.8 ton seizure
clearly disproves such Read more »
The statement has been welcomed by IFAW as a sign of the growing opposition
to Canada’s cruel commercial seal hunt, which is now the biggest marine mammal
hunt in the world. During last year’s hunt more than 350,000 seals were killed
a Read more »
Ramage this week commences a series of trips to advance IFAW’s campaign
against commercial whaling. He will be visiting Iceland from February 10 to 15,
Washington, DC from February 26 to March 1, and Tokyo, Japan from March 14 to
20, meeting 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 »
It’s midnight in Brazzaville where I’ve been living for the past few days, preparing for a workshop the Read more »
With so many questions about the stranding numbers and more than 100 news outlets providing coverage of our amazing Marine Read more »
Last week, the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation team, including vet Dr. Jahan Ahmed and animal keepers, Read more »
Committing to help Bhutan save its natural heritage, the International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW Read more »
Though I’ve seen captive hoolock gibbons swinging through branches in the past, it's quite a visual Read more »
Poachers have slaughtered at least 200 elephants for their tusks in Cameroon in a continuing killing spree that began in mid Read more »
I am writing to you from an international meeting of law enforcers in Bangkok, Thailand. The delegates have come Read more »
In 2011 and into the following year, Canada's Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans undertook a review of Read more »
It’s a reality of life that we are often times confronted by more bad news than good, be it via television, radio or 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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