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In 2008, Russia’s Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service (Rosprirodnadzor) toughened the penalties Read more »
Faceless poachers and faceless elephants.
One group scurrying away with their bloodied tusks, hoping to sell their grim Read more »
The above slideshow contains photos of Maju and Raja, two young rhinos who were rehabilitated at the International Read more »
This post was filed by Mada Oha, our adminisrative staff person here in the Dubai. --EM
In January, the International Fund Read more »
The mass stranding event of common dolphins in Cape Cod that started in January 12, 2012 officially Read more »
Four bear cubs were brought to the International Fund for Animal Welfare bear rescue center from the Central Forest Nature Read more »
In a casual conversation today, I learned that some of my colleagues were unaware that today is International Women’s Read more »
About 16 miles off the coast of Uganda, in Lake Victoria, lies Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Read more »
On February 16th, The Jakarta Post published the article “Bali lowers rabies alert level: Good news or bad?”- Read more »
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 »
In order to support the Congolese authorities in their efforts to reinforce the protection of the forest elephants that Watch Video »
“IWC countries are being pressured not to vote for conservation
measures. If Japan, Iceland and Norway are genuinely interested in
compromise, they should immediately suspend their whaling as a sign of
good faith,” Ra Read more »
According to a new report from WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Global Ocean,
Latin America will host more than one million whale watch customers this year,
if the current stron Read more »
“IWC countries are being pressured not to vote for conservation
measures. If Japan, Iceland and Norway are genuinely interested in
compromise, they should immediately suspend their whaling as a sign of
good faith,” Ra Read more »
According to a new report from WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Global Ocean,
Latin America will host more than one million whale watch customers this year,
if the current stron Read more »
The research team, led by Dr. Scott Baker of Oregon State University,
analyzed DNA from 99 whale meat products purchased in Japanese markets since
2006 and identified six baleen whale species: humpback, fin, sei, Bryde’s, North
Pacific minke Read more »
Conservationists worldwide, including experts with the
International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org), expressed concern that a
compromise might be agreed that would overturn the moratorium and legitimize
commercial whaling. “The Read more »
Staging at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Quincy, Illinois, the three groups
– the first to enter Illinois to assist in animal relief – have set up a
temporary shelter, which is growing each day. Twenty fawns, rescued by local
groups Read more »
In April, the Navy petitioned the Court for review of the February 29, 2008,
decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, allowing naval training
exercises to continue in the Southern California region but with greater
environmental safeguards Read more »
The research team, led by Dr. Scott Baker of Oregon State University,
analyzed DNA from 99 whale meat products purchased in Japanese markets since
2006 and identified six baleen whale species: humpback, fin, sei, Bryde’s, North
Pacific minke 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 »
The New York Times today featured an opinion piece titled “Ivory Poachers and Their Enablers”.
Whilst the Read more »
In 2012, INTERPOL and the International Fund for Animal Welfare teamed up to execute Operation WORTHY, an law enforcement Read more »
During the last two weeks, International Fund for Animal Welfare staff in France, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom Read more »
Ask any parents with young kids nearing the end of a three week vacation in rainy weather what their idea of fun is, I would Read more »
Dhara, an elephant calf, came to us on June 28th.
She had been hit by a car as she rushed across the highway in her efforts Read more »
The announcement yesterday (12 July) by Australian Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, that his South Korean counterpart, Mr Kim Read more »
I’ve mentioned before how important it is to understand that elephants are individuals, as different from one another Read more »
The second community clinic started early with a snowy drive. Like last year when the Northern Dogs team visited the Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has welcomed news that the Republic of Korea will abandon plans to conduct 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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