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It’s great to start the day with some good news and in the animal welfare game sadly it’s not all that common. Read more »
Six days in and we have completed two of our smaller survey blocks, the first close to the Hornsea wind farm and the second Read more »
The struggle to protect the marine region of North-west Australia is turning out like a kind of twisted David and Goliath Read more »
While in Bali, Indonesia last week, jet-setting fashionista Paris Hilton was struck by the suffering of the island’s Read more »
Last Monday, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) rescue teams assisted in an operation that rescued 175 dogs from a Read more »
Egypt’s Environment and Water Bodies police, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and the Ministry of Read more »
This week the team onboard R/V Song of the Whale begin a project to survey the Dogger Bank, North Sea, for cetaceans, Read more »
Today we released a special report on Australia’s Last Great Whale Haven – the North West Marine Region. Read more »
Animals introduced as pets, bait or as food sometimes escape or are purposefully released from captivity. Sometimes, those 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 »
Additionally, the IFAW Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the
Honorable John Garamendi, Lieutenant Governor of California, for his steadfast
commitment to the environment, conservation, and animal welfare throughout his
service in the Read more »
“This pitiful response to protecting grizzly bears is yet
another example of this government’s neglect when it comes to conservation,”
said Barbara Cartwright, IFAW Canada Campaigns
Manager. “Environment Canada has for Read more »
Spearheaded by the community’s parliamentary representative
in the National Assembly Hon. Dr Naomi Shaban, the community held a
commissioning ceremony on site together with senior officials from Kenya
Wildlife Service (KWS) and IFAW (Interna Read more »
This effectively ends the five-year saga surrounding the
four animals when they made international headlines in Malaysia in 2002. At that
time, the four young gorillas (one male and three females), were illegally
smuggled to the Taiping Zoo in Mal Read more »
The IFAW Rescue Team was informed that the Payo Obispo
Zoological Garden in Chetumal had been severely damaged, and headed
there. “We were surprised when we reached the zoo; trees were
downed and there were branches everywhere. It was h Read more »
Flocken comes to IFAW from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of International Conservation, where he was responsible for
policy and outreach. He replaces Cindy Milburn, Senior Advisor, for IFAW’s
international headquarters, who ha Read more »
IFAW opposes whaling on the grounds that it is cruel and unnecessary.
Economic studies in Iceland commissioned by IFAW and the Iceland Nature
Conservation Association (INCA), have also revealed very little demand for the
meat in Iceland or elsewhe Read more »
IFAW opposes whaling on the grounds that it is cruel and unnecessary.
Economic studies in Iceland commissioned by IFAW and the Iceland Nature
Conservation Association (INCA), have also revealed very little demand for the
meat in Iceland or elsewhe Read more »
This rescue not only saved the lives of these animals, but also made it possible
for IFAW to share its expertise in carrying out this type of rescue operation
with SOCOBIOMA. “When a bird’s plumage is contaminated with oil or
any 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 »
Last January the International Fund for Animal Welfare China office Asia Regional Director Grace Ge Read more »
At the April meeting of the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals we discussed the recent spate of elephant Read more »
At the April meeting of the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals we discussed the recent spate of elephant Read more »
Today Canadian Senator Mac Harb will formally re-introduce legislation to end the commercial seal hunt in Canada.
Despite Read more »
In this video interview, International Fund for Animal Welfare, James Isiche Director, Eastern Africa, gives a terrific Read more »
Around the world, dogs and cats are poisoned, beaten, neglected or otherwise abused because there are “too many Read more »
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In the news
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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