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Being in the first Peace Corps program in Swaziland, I didn’t really know what I was getting into. Life in a small Read more »
Last week, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act was marked up and agreed to by the House Natural Read more »
In November the Convention for Migratory Species (CMS) will meet in Bergen, Norway to discuss and hopefully improve Read more »
Let’s be clear, the threats to marine life from the oil and gas industry are real. Let’s start with the Read more »
With more and more scientists finding an accelerated shrinking of Arctic habitat, and on-going attempts by single-minded US Read more »
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to testify before a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives’ Read more »
Unusually heavy monsoon rains have put entire towns in Pakistan under water, displaced millions of people, washed crop Read more »
Today, October 13, is the UN International Day for Disaster Reduction and this day in particular, brings back many memories Read more »
The European Union is just a few signatures away from adopting a declaration on dog management strategies which could help 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 »
Despite a 1986 global moratorium on commercial whaling, Japan currently hunts
more than 1,200 whales a year for what it calls “scientific” whaling, in abuse
of an IWC loophole that allows for the lethal research of whales. Whales hunted Read more »
In its report to the plenary meeting of IWC delegates, the Scientific
Committee noted that, there was “little incentive” for Japan to produce data
collected from its JARPN whaling program. The committee went on to note that,
what data Read more »
A majority of citizens in several European countries support a 20-year total ban
on international ivory trade. A series of polls just completed in key EU Member
States, together representing some 320 million European citizens, show
overwhelming le Read more »
The meeting is expected to be contentious, with pro-whaling Japan pushing for a
lifting of the ban, and conservation groups, including IFAW (International Fund
for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org), in
attendance to call for global whale protec Read more »
News of these fatal attacks on those charged with protecting endangered wildlife
is prescient given the upcoming 14th meeting of parties to the Convention on the
International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES). Overstretched and
under-resourced Read more »
“World Turtle Day gives us the opportunity to reinforce and highlight our
commitment towards these amazing animals,” said Anand Ramanathan of IFAW. “Sea
turtles can take many years to reach an age when they can mate, this very slo Read more »
This online manual, the first of its kind in Australia, was a collaborative
effort between AMRRIC (Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous
Communities) and IFAW (International Fund for Animal
Welfare). Senator Nigel Scullion, Ministe Read more »
"Our rangers paid the ultimate prize - human life. But their deaths will not be
in vain. We remain vigilant and dedicated to our call - to stamp out poaching
and preserve Kenya's wildlife heritage," said Dickson Lesimirdana, Head of Anti-
Poaching Read more »
Kenya and Mali have proposed a 20-year moratorium on ivory trade arguing that
one-off ivory sales in select countries opens up markets, both legal and
illegal, and lures poachers. “It would be suicidal to allow a new one-off sale
or annual q 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 »
Earlier this month, I had a chance to travel to the Middle East and to visit the International Fund for Animal Welfare Read more »
This year the International Fund for Animal Welfare Middle East and North Afrcia office engaged fourth and fifth grade Read more »
Extending a Lifeline - Elephants orphaned by conflict, penguins affected by climate change, dogs and cats stranded after Read more »
Almost eight months after war exploded all around them, the animals at the Tripoli Zoo have finally found peace.
The Read more »
Al-Ain Zoo confirmed that the cheetah which escaped from his owner house and caught by authority officers died.
Last week, a Read more »
While I was in Assam, India in March, I was thrilled to learn that Soni, a five-year old female elephant, that we rescued, Read more »
Any dog or cat living in Khayelitsha, Cape Town can count itself extremely lucky if it finds itself at the Mdzananda Animal Read more »
This post was modified from a yet unpublished letter to the editors of Canada’s Corner Brook Western Star newspaper Read more »
So many of us know and have experienced the close bond that exists between people and their animal companions. Such a 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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