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It was an astonishing sight: the lion cub, only 5 weeks old, was found living on a balcony in downtown Beirut. He weighed Read more »
UPDATED - 6.1.12 : The NOAA 2012 Hurricane Season Outlook has been released.
In their 2011 Hurricane Season Summary, FEMA Read more »
Much to our surprise, French Canadian media is reporting that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has recommended a Read more »
When the Japanese accented announcement at the end your 14 hour flight calls out your name and asks you to "see the Read more »
The recent seizure of 15 tons of elephant ivory is the largest recorded seizure in more than a decade. While congratulations Read more »
It’s cold. My breath is steaming and deep snow is crunching beneath my snowshoes. I’m accompanying a group of Read more »
This post was filed by Shannon Walajtys, International Fund for Animal Welfare Emergency Response officer working with a Read more »
It has by now become a well-established tradition that shortly before Christmas the International Fund for Animal Welfare Read more »
An update on the wolves and wolf-dogs from their home at the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC):
UPDATE 3.30.12 - An 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 »
“Saving the right whale requires collaboration and shared commitment.
Nearly ¾ of endangered right whales have scars from entanglement in fishing
gear; it remains one of the biggest threats to the survival of the species.”
S Read more »
“The overall spill is made up of several slicks, two to three kilometers wide
along a total extension of approximately forty kilometers,” reported the local
newspaper El Chubut. The Argentine government is analyzing recent satellite
im Read more »
Representing over 2 million
animal welfare advocates around the world, the International Fund for Animal
Welfare extends its sincere condolences to the family of Carlos
Sousa and the victims of yesterday’s tragedy at the San Francisco Z Read more »
"This is happy news for 50 humpback whales but Japan’s whaling continues to
expand,” said Patrick Ramage, IFAW Global Whale Program Manager.
“Withdrawing wild threats to kill humpbacks isn't enough, Japan needs to stop
whal Read more »
Michael Wamithi, IFAW’s global Elephants Program Manager, said: “This is a
significant step forward for elephant conservation in India, and a model I hope
other wildlife groups will follow. Trans-frontier wildlife linkages are a
sustai Read more »
“The Canadian government’s claim that 98% of the seals are killed humanely in
the commercial seal hunt is exposed in the report as being scientifically
incorrect. This report reveals the truth about Canada’s commercial seal Read more »
The CWRT received a call yesterday from a lobster fisherman off the south of
Grand Manan explaining that a humpback whale was trapped in his equipment and
seemed to be carrying the gear of other fishermen as well. Because of the bad
sea conditions Read more »
Japanese seafood giants Nippon Suisan, Kyokuyo and Maruha jointly owned and
operated Japan’s whaling fleet for decades and devised a plan to significantly
expand Japanese whaling in the 2007/2008 whaling season. Under the plan, first
announc Read more »
“Action Tiger” contains the conservation plans of 12 tiger range countries
and will be launched this afternoon by a forest guard from Sariska – the
sanctuary which hit the headlines with the disappearance of all its tigers in
200 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 »
CEO Fred O’Regan, Siobhan Magnus and other IFAW staff discuss the 2012 Animal Action Awards.
There are three things I Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW- www.ifaw.org) announced today an emergency grant to help cover medicine and Read more »
The Northern Dogs team retraced our steps back to the first community again today so that Jessica and Karen could go into Read more »
The expansion of global communications and travel makes us much more aware of the plight of animals around the world.
Global Read more »
I have travelled to nearly all of the International Fund for Animal Welfare projects around the world, and have always been Read more »
As part of the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Northern Dogs Project, a team of veterinarians, vet technicians Read more »
Through through the spring I was able twice to travel by train to the International Fund for Animal Welfare bear Read more »
Yes, it’s happening again.
A few weeks ago, the delicate state of peace in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was 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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