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This has been an exceptional stranding season for us - having already responded to 102 dolphins since January Read more »
The waters and dolphins in Cape Cod are capturing attention on a worldwide scale, but unfortunately not for a positive Read more »
Janice Girardi, the founder and Director of the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) never arrives at the office before Read more »
Time flies when you’re having fun, so they say. The past 12 months have certainly been amongst the fastest of my life Read more »
It's been quite a week.
Fortunately, we haven't had any more stranded dolphins since Monday, but yesterday we Read more »
Cairo Airport’s officers have foiled an attempt by a Kuwaiti national to smuggle out three lion cubs from Egypt.
The Read more »
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of the tragedy currently unfolding in the cold, muddy marshes of Cape Cod.
In Read more »
On Monday this week, on a farm near Mossel Bay in the Western Cape, another rhino was poached, bringing the tally to Read more »
IFAW has partnered with the UNDP in Bosnia to help communities humanely manage their roaming dog populations. The 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 pictures indicate that the ivory is most likely from
African elephants, as you can see by the shape and the length. Also, the
estimated monetary value of the ivory is a clear indication of the lure this
trade presents for criminal syndi Read more »
“The blatant disregard for precautionary management principles demonstrates to
the world that the Canadian government does not value science or conservation,”
said Sheryl Fink, a senior researcher with IFAW. Experts with IFAW
mai Read more »
Help Networks is designed so that junior high school students (between the
ages of 12 and 15) can get to know the main threats facing animals all over the
world, become sensitized to respect, and understand the social, environmental
and ecological Read more »
Touhey and her team of four full-time staff joined IFAW last summer after
working as a separate organization for nearly ten years. The stranding network,
which has a dedicated corps of more than 350 local volunteers, responds to
approximately 500 Read more »
“We are very pleased that the Russian government is taking steps towards
ending the whitecoat hunt,” remarked Masha Vorontsova, Director of IFAW Russia.
“We acknowledge this step as an important achievement for animal welfare;
ho Read more »
“This is great news and a brave step by Government in upholding its mandate as custodian and caretaker of our wildlife. Now what is needed is to ensure the law is so tightly drafted that it leaves no gaps to be exploited by commercial operators Read more »
The animals, which were hand-raised at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation
and Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga National Park, were translocated yesterday,
by truck, 450 kilometers to Manas National Park. Manas National Park is a World
Heritage Read more »
The bears were hand raised at the Center for Bear Rehabilitation and
Conservation (CBRC), a project jointly managed by IFAW, WTI, and the Arunachal
Pradesh Forest Department. This unique rehabilitation center, located in
northeast India's Arunacha Read more »
IFAW worked with local group Fundación Patagonia Natural (FPN) and the
Argentine government in the rescue of 200 threatened Magellanic penguins and
other birds including Steamer ducks, Silvery grebes, cormorants and Great
grebes reaching 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 »
This video captures some of the tourists who were approached during the “Meet Us Don’t Eat Us” campaign Read more »
One of the most frequent comments I hear when talking to people about elephants is some variation of “that’s Read more »
Like most enthusiastic birdwatchers, I can’t resist penguins, pelicans, boobies and so many different species of Read more »
On the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Chinese micro blog site, a post about an online ivory shopper who was Read more »
The audacious looting by thieves of ivory stockpiles from two southern African countries in as many months – including Read more »
EU Sustainable Energy Week is currently running here in Brussels and across the EU. It’s a good week – shining a Read more »
On June 14, Canadian Senator Mac Harb moved second reading of Bill S-210, a Bill to end commercial seal hunting. Senator Read more »
INTERPOL have arrested more than 200 people, seized almost 2 tonnes of contraband ivory, 20kg of rhino horn and military Read more »
The vet component is the highest profile part of the Northern Dogs Project.
Over the ten years that we have been 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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