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There is nothing more frustrating than being prepared to document the commercial seal hunt and being kept down by one thing Read more »
On Wednesday, a large 8.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia triggered widespread panic as residents Read more »
The poachers rode into the park on horseback from Chad and Sudan, armed with automatic weapons and a single purpose: Kill as Read more »
I was in Beijing last week to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Read more »
And so it begins…day one of the Canadian commercial seal hunt in the Northern Gulf of St Lawrence
The International Read more »
The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants to track their Read more »
The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants--six males and Read more »
Imagine a future in which endangered whales could use iPads and iPhones to call captains on the bridge of large ships and Read more »
Every year in my hands gets the treasure. Precious, beautiful, sincere children's drawings, each written with love, care Read more »
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Watch Video »
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 »
Watch the amazing video of Cinderella's release back into the wild, shot on location by IFAW staff working in Russia.
I Watch Video »
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 »
‘This event appears to be a natural occurrence and has been seen 2 or 3 times
in the last 20 years, resulting in the death of thousands of birds. What really
took us by surprise this time is the huge increase in numbers’, said Valeria Read more »
The adult male seal was entangled in approximately 40 lbs of
heavy netting of unidentified origin that trailed seven feet down the length of
the animal. The team was able to attach a line to the entangling gear and bring
the animal to shore for an Read more »
The proposal, announced today (Wed) by EU Environment Commissioner Mr.
Stavros Dimas, comes after growing political opposition and a huge public outcry
in the European Union about the ongoing commercial hunts for young seals.
Opinion polls in EU M Read more »
“Two iconic species in our region face unprecedented threats: whales and
commercial fishermen,” said Patrick Ramage, IFAW Global Whale Program
Director. “We hope the new technology developed through this initiative
will ben Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org ) and local group SOCOBIOMA
(Society for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Maldonado), led a coalition of
NGOs tasked with this oiled wildlife response in South America.
All animal Read more »
Significant amounts of ivory in these stocks to be exported
from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, have been collected through
culling, which is defined as killing as a means to address population control,
and also natural deaths. Howe Read more »
The bears, hand-reared at the CBRC, were undergoing acclimatisation in the
wild at Upper Dikarai since September last year. Following the
soft-release protocol known as "assisted release", the bears were taken for
daily walks in the wild ass Read more »
"The Canadian public is saying enough is enough." said Sheryl Fink, Senior
Researcher for IFAW. "Canadians simply do not approve of the federal government
continuing to waste their hard-earned tax dollars on the commercial seal
hunt."
When asked t 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 »
As hundreds of flights landing and taking off at the new international airport in Kunming, Yunnan province in China, Read more »
The growing regional demand for having wild and exotic animals as pets fuels illegal wildlife trade in the Middle East. 886 Read more »
“This is a difficult battle, this conservation. We need to address the root cause and raise awareness for people to Read more »
If you wanted to ask an elephant a question, how would you go about it? One way would be to record an elephant’s call Read more »
The United Arab of Emirates’s Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) has announced a new regulation on importing Read more »
Janice Girardi of the International Fund for Animal Welfare-supported Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) has shared this Read more »
Around the world, safe wild places for bears are disappearing. Mankind is destroying bear habitat at an alarming rate, and Read more »
One of July’s days, the local fishers have offered us to give us a ride to “Nogliki” – the nearest Read more »
Based on information IFAW provided about the rampant illegal trade of ivory on the markets, China’s Forestry 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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