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After two months of good and steady information, the satellite tracking info started showing that Jason suddenly separated Read more »
We just received the assessment from our team in Pakistan and as we feared, the conditions are horrible. The images show an Read more »
Seeing the amount of nets actually out on the water every day brings home just how much of a threat these pose to both Read more »
In this short video produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare Dr. Ian Robinson gives us an update on the Read more »
There is a laundry list of animals and plants seeking protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and it has become Read more »
In most French-speaking places ‘La Rentrée’ refers to the return to school for eager, and not-so eager Read more »
It's coming across the wires as I type: President Obama has just announced diplomatic moves against Iceland for its Read more »
Many of those secret details will eventually be known to all, as the main purpose of this training is to launch a series of Read more »
As we drove out of the airport, the high walls and electrified fences of Johannesburg quickly changed into the parched Read more »
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 »
Take a moment to watch this video on the recent elephant collaring in Amboseli and learn more of IFAW’s partnership Watch Video »
The snapshot survey conducted in the UK, Australia, China, Germany, the
Netherlands, France, Canada and the USA* tracked over 2,200 elephant ivory items
listed on eBay Web sites and found that more than 90% of the listings breached
even eBay Read more »
Legislation to close the loophole in the law was introduced by U.S.
Representatives Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.). Similar
legislation is expected to be introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senator John
Kerry (D-Mass.).
“Polar Read more »
“The main focus of the course is to provide participants with the skills
necessary to safely and effectively conduct successful whale and dolphin
watching excursions,” said Dr. Joth Singh, Trinidad-born Director of Wildlife
and Habitat Read more »
“The main focus of the course is to provide participants with the skills
necessary to safely and effectively conduct successful whale and dolphin
watching excursions,” said Dr. Joth Singh, Trinidad-born Director of Wildlife
and Habitat Read more »
As thousands of travel industry heavyweights from across the globe gather at the
annual tourism Indaba in Durban this weekend, a new report released by IFAW
(International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) shows a marked upswing in the Read more »
IFAW Global Whale Program Manager Patrick Ramage and his 12-year-old son Henry
will join Cape Air pilot Ken Johnson in a Cape Air Cessna 402 airplane painted
to show the beauty of the humpback whales. The plane will touch down in major
cities acro Read more »
As the 2007 International Whaling Commission meetings commence in Alaska, the
advice by the Sydney Legal Panel clearly outlines legal channels the Australian
Government can take to stop the Government of Japan from whaling, under any
guise, in the Read more »
As the 2007 International Whaling Commission meetings commence in Alaska, the
advice by the Sydney Legal Panel clearly outlines legal channels the Australian
Government can take to stop the Government of Japan from whaling, under any
guise, in the Read more »
“Given the severity of the current state of the trade in elephant ivory,
signaled by escalating worldwide ivory seizures, the ivory trade is a prime
global issue that deserves center-stage,” said Wamithi. “An estimated 20,000
ele 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 »
This footage of the dolphin stranding in Brazil is amazing.
This is a rare event for this area, unlike here on Cape Read more »
Markets for seal products are disappearing, and seals need protection from threats like climate change more than ever Read more »
A green wooden box emerged from the parting of coats and legs, cameras, tripods, microphones. From within came silence.
Too Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) says that by setting a Total Allowable Catch of 400,000 harp seals, Canada Read more »
Some 10,000 to 20,000 big cats are kept captive by private owners in the U.S. The exact number is a mystery because there Read more »
In the terrible 2009 drought that precipitated our collaboration with the International Fund for Animal Welfare to begin our Read more »
YouTube has selected IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) to be a member of its first official Read more »
In an epic operation starting today, ten elephants in Tsavo East and West National Parks will be collared using satellite Read more »
As the International Day of Action for Seals is upon us, this is a perfect time to reflect on the current realities of the 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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