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Each year thousands of swimmers take to our beaches, with this number increasing every year as population and tourism Read more »
UPDATE: 10.24.11 Our colleagues in northeast India are still working tirelessly to reunite an orphaned tiger cub with its Read more »
I usually start writing my blog posts quite early on, as I’m not one to leave things to the last minute.
However, I Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Emirate of Dubai’s Veterinary Services Section Department of Public Read more »
Africa is a thirsty continent and scarce water resources make it one of our most important commodities – and Read more »
By now, most of us have heard the news coming out of Zanesville, Ohio, where the owner of an animal preserve set free Read more »
It is an exciting time for the project as this year’s funding has finally allowed us to secure a local student’ Read more »
Every year police officers and conservation and animal welfare organisations meet to talk about how we can work together to Read more »
Today is my favourite day of the year. Today we celebrated our annual International Fund for Animal Welfare Animal Action Read more »
In the video above, IFAW CEO & President Azzedine Downes speaks with INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. Watch Video »
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 »
The sale of the 60 tonne stockpiles approved in 2002 at the 12th meeting of the
CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP) was contingent upon certain conditions
being met, including the availability of baseline and comparative data from the
Monitoring Read more »
“The people have spoken, and they are clearly saying they do not want the
gruesome slaughter of elephants to continue unnecessarily,” says Cindy Milburn,
IFAW’s US Regional Acting Director. “An estimated 20,000 elephants are Read more »
Key anti-whaling actions included the adoption of a resolution condemning
Japanese whaling, and a report by the IWC Scientific Committee that hotly
criticized Japan’s so-called “scientific” whaling program. IFAW
Global Whale Read more »
Grace Gabriel, IFAW’s Asia Regional Director and key player in the tiger
farming debate, said of the report’s findings, “Tigers play a vital role in our
ecosystem and are key to Asia’s wildlife heritage. Their endangerment i Read more »
At the 54th meeting of the SC in October 2006, delegates
and conservation organizations were caught off-guard by a last-minute decision
recommending Japan as a trading partner for the stockpiles. This decision
was made without the knowledge o Read more »
Dr. Joth Singh, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) Director of Wildlife and Habitat
said from the floor of the meeting, “We welcome the call for IWC member nations
to work together respectfully. A good first ste Read more »
Proposals that would allow for the international commercial trade of elephant
ivory are heating up to be the most contentious of the dozens of proposals to be
voted on. Kenya and Mali have partnered together in an effort to
protect global el Read more »
Dr. Joth Singh, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) Director of Wildlife and Habitat
said from the floor of the meeting, “We welcome the call for IWC member nations
to work together respectfully. A good first ste Read more »
In its report to the plenary meeting of IWC delegates, the Scientific
Committee noted that, there was “little incentive” for Japan to produce data
collected from its JARPN whaling program. The committee went on to note that,
what data 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 »
All around Australia oil and gas companies are closing in on vital whale habitats. Any day now leases covering endangered Read more »
The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants to track their Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) condemns the decision by the Canadian province of Newfoundland to provide Read more »
Government officials, conservationists, animal rescuers and celebrities joined in a celebration today to mark the 10-year Read more »
The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants--six males and Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) condemns the Canadian government's decision to provide $3.6 million in Read more »
Imagine a future in which endangered whales could use iPads and iPhones to call captains on the bridge of large ships and Read more »
Every year in my hands gets the treasure. Precious, beautiful, sincere children's drawings, each written with love, care 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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