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In the video above, IFAW CEO Azzedine Downes offers some thoughts from the floor of the CITES CoP 16 meeting in Bangkok, Read more »
On March 7, at the 16th meeting of the Parties of CITES in Bangkok, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and INTERPOL Read more »
Maria Limani moved to Cape Town from the Eastern Cape in 1991.
She has two children, one grandchild and two dogs.
I Read more »
When I was a kid, I used to watch a TV series called Babar. It was one of my favorite animated series and as far as I can Read more »
What makes ‘Unveiling the Ivory Trade’ different to the others? Why should you read it?
Here are my four short Read more »
Today, March 11, was a big day for sharks and may be one of the biggest days in CITES history for the conservation of these Read more »
Last week I shared a video overview from the first seal ban hearing at World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Read more »
CNN International spoke with the author just after the vote at CITES in Bangkok, Thailand.
After years of planning, months Read more »
Today saw the launch of the first ever internationally coordinated enforcement investigation into the online ivory trade. Read more »
This companion video is an excellent introduction to the content, concepts and issues presented in the "Elephants, Watch Video »
– In a span of days, more than half a tonne of ivory has been seized by customs officials in two Asian countries. Last Friday, Thai customs officials discovered 456 kg of ivory which had been hidden in crates aboard a flight from Kenya. In addi Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has welcomed news that the Republic of Korea will abandon plans to conduct so-called scientific whaling.
According to a statement by Australia’s Foreign Minister, Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Korea Read more »
Yesterday’s seizure of 46 elephant tusks in Cape Town, the latest ivory related crime linked to the metropole, is fuelling concerns the South African city may be a fast developing cog for ivory transit in the wheel of wildlife crime.
Customs of Read more »
This year’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) drew to a close today (Friday) after a mixed week for whales.
While much of the agenda at the week-long meeting in Panama City, Panama focussed on conservation issues and threats Read more »
At the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Panama today, the Republic of Korea unexpectedly signalled its intention to begin so-called scientific whaling.
The announcement, at the 64th meeting of the IWC in Panama City, ca Read more »
As the first day of the 64th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) drew to a close in Panama today, fears that dirty tactics by pro-whalers might sabotage it from the outset were overcome, but an opportunity to provide lasting Read more »
Ms. Kathleen Savesky has been appointed the new Chair of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org), bringing a wealth of animal welfare and education expertise to the role.
Ms. Savesky has more than 35 years of leadership in the Read more »
On the eve of the annual meeting of the conservation body set up to protect whales – the International Whaling Commission (IWC) – there are fears this year’s meeting could be over before it begins.
As delegates from around the world Read more »
Nearly five tonnes of elephant ivory and thousands of ivory ornaments went up in smoke in Gabon, Central West Africa this morning.
The bonfire, lit by President Ali Bongo Ondimba, once and for all put Government stockpiles of legal and confiscated tu Read more »
IFAW believes elephants should live in safe and secure habitats. We are working to eliminate the ivory trade, to secure prote Read more »
At IFAW we believe that when tragedy strikes, we have a duty to step in and alleviate animal suffering. We rescue individual Read more »
Our first campaign, in 1969, was in protest of the Canadian seal hunt. By the 1980s, our work, and the outrage of millions of Read more »
Lions are in peril as never before due to growing human populations and corresponding habitat loss, loss of prey species, hum Read more »
In the Navajo Nation, a vast Native American homeland in the south-western United States, poverty and hardship mean that owne Read more »
For people on the breadline in Germany, it can be hard looking after a beloved pet. Owners struggle to afford food for themse Read more »
If current trends persist – in poaching, loss of tiger habitat and prey species and demand for tiger parts – tige Read more »
The future of the Western Gray whale hangs in the balance, with fewer than 30 breeding-age females left in the world’s Read more »
At IFAW, we want to see a world where whales live free from human threats, with their future safeguarded for generations to c Read more »
This brief video above from Euronews describes the scene at the Paris Natural History Museum.
If there’s any doubt Read more »
Twiggy finally made it south after I spent almost two months working out logistics.
Twiggy is a young, female yellow Read more »
Little Tika, the grizzly bear cub rescued by International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) partner Northern Lights Wildlife Read more »
The CAIR project: is an information centre designed to welcome cats and dogs and their homeless owners who live in Reims. Read more »
In the fall of 2010, Project Managers Joaquin de la Torre and Erika Flores were driving through Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Read more »
Toma, seen taking her first steps in the video above, is one of six orphaned bear cubs recently rescued in Russia and Read more »
Just a few days after we saw a photo of a tiger we released back in 2011, we received another bit of exciting news from 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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