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Global warming is wreaking havoc on polar bears.
8th February 2013 Jeffrey Flocken
A new report published in the journal Conservation Letters reveals that anthropogenic global warming is wreaking havoc on Read more »
Multi-generational interactions are critical to elephant survial
6th February 2013 Vicki Fishlock
Many of you will have noticed increasing global media attention on the crisis facing African elephants. The ivory trade is Read more »
A disagreement with the European Commission’s view on polar bears
6th February 2013 Adrian Hiel
Last night a debate was held in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the upcoming CITES and the EU’s positions Read more »
Download IFAW's new economic report on Japanese scientific whaling.
5th February 2013 Patrick Ramage
Read the report above, using the Issuu.com reader, click EXPAND to enter full screen mode. Two decades ago this year I Read more »
CNN video report: illegal ivory trade linked to organized crime, military confli
5th February 2013 Azzedine Downes
This informative report from Christiane Amanpour at CNN aired while I was in Beijing, China for a week of strategy meetings Read more »
Fighting the underground trade in ivory, one collector at a time
30th January 2013 Grace Ge Gabriel
“Li Dongbao (a pseudonym), 33, has been collecting ivory decorations and accessories for six years. But last August Read more »
28th January 2013 Brian Sharp
The recent video posting of divers attempting to disentangle a wild dolphin in Hawaii (footage above) reminds me of the Read more »
The UK’s National Wildlife Crime Unit helps protect wild elephants with their in
25th January 2013 Tania McCrea-Steele
The UK’s National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) has been at the forefront of the fight to protect animals from criminals Read more »
24th January 2013 CT Harry
As I sit at my desk thinking about all the preparations that need to be performed, I can’t help but wonder if it Read more »
13th June 2013
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Watch Video »
6th June 2013
This week during a visit to Cozumel, Mexico, our team discovered a dog in desperate need of help. Covered in used motor oil Watch Video »
3rd June 2013
Watch the amazing video of Cinderella's release back into the wild, shot on location by IFAW staff working in Russia. I Watch Video »
23rd May 2013
In the video above, IFAW CEO & President Azzedine Downes speaks with INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. Watch Video »
20th May 2013
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 »
10th May 2013
WARNING: the video above may be disturbing to some viewers. This week’s video of the horrific attack of a small Watch Video »
8th April 2013
In this brief video above you can hear the IFAW-WTI team member and in this instance also camera person, Bhaskar Choudhury Watch Video »
4th April 2013
This brief video above from Euronews describes the scene at the Paris Natural History Museum. If there’s any doubt Watch Video »
1st April 2013
Toma, seen taking her first steps in the video above, is one of six orphaned bear cubs recently rescued in Russia and Watch Video »
7th February 2012
More than 30 officials from wildlife law enforcement, customs, immigration, ports, judicial and park management in Tanzania are attending a national training workshop to enhance their capacity and ability to fight and prevent wildlife crimes. The wee Read more »
IFAW says sealers should not pin hopes on Conservative Government support
2nd February 2012
A “Day of the Seal” was arranged by Canada’s Conservative government on Parliament Hill today, purportedly to show support for sealers, but according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) the government is falling shor Read more »
Miss France 2012 Delphine Wespiser joins IFAW's fight for animal protection
27th January 2012
Delphine Wespiser has always been concerned about animal welfare, but ever since her election as Miss France 2012, she has been determined to use her newly-found fame as a way of advancing a cause she is committed to. Aged only 20, student in interna Read more »
26th January 2012
  Satellite tracking data from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) suggests the majority of dolphins rescued during recent mass strandings have survived their ordeal and are currently about 18 miles off the coast o Read more »
19th January 2012
“Even where the concerns of Europeans and the scope of this strategy overlap, such as the welfare of dogs and cats, the results are disappointing,” O’Donnell continued. “The European Commission was clearly mandated by the Coun Read more »
Euthanasia Not An Option For Rare Cats
18th January 2012
(International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) supports worldwide calls for the 36 endangered lions and tigers from New Zealand’s Zion Wildlife Park to be re-homed and not euthanized. The troubled wildlife park and the lives of its anim Read more »
Nearly 60 dolphins strand on Cape Cod
17th January 2012
In a massive rescue effort, IFAW’s (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Team has been able to rescue and release 19 of the 27 Common dolphins that stranded alive on Cape Cod shores during the Read more »
17th January 2012
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) announced today its partnership with Des Éléphants & des Hommes (www.deselephantsetdeshommes.org) to educate more than 9,000 young students in West Africa through the Read more »
Justice Time for Dog Buried Alive – Accused Men in Court
11th January 2012
The trial of two men accused of burying a dog alive on the sports field of a Cape Town school, begins on Friday 13th January. Poto Mfengu and Mkhumbuzi Ncedana, janitors at the Luhlaza Secondary High School in Khayelitsha, are charged under the anima Read more »
Commercial Sealing Remains an Important Conservation Issue
Being the largest remaining hunt for any marine mammal population is sufficient to qualify Canada’s commercial seal hun Read more »
We Don't Buy It! Report on Japan's Whaling practices
We Don’t Buy It! Nippon Suisan, Maruha And Kyokuyo’s Continuing Support For Japan’s Whaling Read more »
In 2006, the European Parliament requested that the European Commission draft a
In 2006, the European Parliament requested that the European Commission draft a regulation to ban trade in products derived f Read more »
An Overview of the Economic Importance of Canada’s Commercial Seal Hunt
The recent implementation of a number of national bans on the importation of seal products, the on-going discussions of addit Read more »
No Mast Kalandar
The beginning to the end of dancing with bears Read more »
A cold day at CITES with little comfort for polar bears
8th March 2013 by Jeffrey Flocken
CNN International spoke with the author just after the vote at CITES in Bangkok, Thailand. After years of planning, months Read more »
Tiger Poaching rampant in Russia
8th March 2013 by
An unprecedented string of tiger parts confiscations and capture of orphaned tiger cubs has conservationists in the Russian Read more »
CITES Partner Spotlight: INTERPOL’s Project WEB combats online wildlife crime
7th March 2013 by Tania McCrea-Steele
Today saw the launch of the first ever internationally coordinated enforcement investigation into the online ivory trade. Read more »
Orca sighting at Grundarfjörður, on the north side of the Snaefellsnes peninsula
7th March 2013 by Vassili Papastavrou
“I don’t think anyone has ever been too hot on the boat”, was my answer to the question of how much to Read more »
Bight Petroleum wants to conduct seismic testing off of  Kangaroo Island,South A
7th March 2013 by Sharon Livermore
The International Fund for Animal Welfare recently celebrated a small victory in our campaign here to protect critical whale Read more »
INTERPOL report shows Europe’s booming online ivory trade
7th March 2013 by
A report released today by INTERPOL with support from The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) revealed hundreds of Read more »
Polar Bears Stuffed at CITES
7th March 2013 by
Supported by the United States and Russia, the proposal sought to uplist the species to Appendix I, which would have Read more »
PROJECT WEB AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IVORY TRADE OVER THE INTERNET WITHIN THE E
7th March 2013 by
INTERPOL’s Project Web was launched following studies by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), which Read more »
6th March 2013 by Adrian Hiel
In this video International Fund for Animal Welfare Director for International Agreements, Peter Pueschel 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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