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We’ve had many fantastic sightings over the last couple of days but a few stand out.
Two nights ago, while just off Read more »
At the beginning of June, the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s campaign ‘Meet Us Don’t Eat Us Read more »
Yesterday the lone fin whaler of Iceland, millionaire Kristjan Loftsson, killed his first out of 180 endangered giants he is Read more »
I just had a very informative conversation with our team in Germany. I am proud of the whole IFAW Germany office for their Read more »
The backdrop couldn’t have been more apt. The vast savannah landscape of Amboseli National Park in Kenya, is home to Read more »
In two weeks’ time, something rather unusual will take place in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Read more »
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Read more »
What’s a normal week for you?
I often get asked this question, and am always at a loss to answer.
For Community Led Read more »
The Middle East is a crossroad of international trade, connecting markets in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
It is also a transit 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 »
A new report released today analyzes literature on the economics of trophy hunting and reveals that African countries and rural communities derive very little benefit from trophy hunting revenue. The study, authored by Economists at Large—commi Read more »
Two male Grizzly bear cubs named Blair and Terry, who were orphaned in British Columbia’s Kootenay’s in the fall of 2012, are on the road back to freedom. The cubs were orphaned in October when they were eight months old after their mothe Read more »
First fin whale harpooned in Iceland for three years is brought ashore to protest at home and abroad
A lone whaler has resumed the cruel practice of harpooning endangered fin whales in Iceland after a three-year hiatus.
Two of Kristjan Loftsson’s boats left port in Reykjavik on Sunday evening and one has now arrived at his whaling station in H Read more »
Last night the German Bundestag voted unanimously to stick to the existing pan-European trade regulation on commercial seal products. The vote is in response to the WTO (World Trade Organization) challenge brought by Canada and Norway. The lawsuit is Read more »
Rescuers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) have mobilized another team to Oklahoma. Their mission: to help care for wildlife affected by the devastating Moore tornado. Resident raptors, mammals and songbirds were in Read more »
Queen legend Brian May will address a mass gathering of badgers – or at least humans in badger masks – on London’s streets on Saturday June 1st to protest against the imminent badger cull.
May and Bill Oddie will join thousands of p Read more »
Science is taking the lead to secure habitat for elephants and other wildlife in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park.
In the next five years, a partnership between the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org), The School for Read more »
The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), at the request of Central Oklahoma Humane Society (OK Humane) in Oklahoma City, Okla., has dispatched its disaster response team to assist with shelter operations as Read more »
Interpol and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Interpol’s international headquarters in Lyon, France. This is the first ever MoU signed by Interpol’s Envi 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 prevailing increase in elephant numbers across areas of southern Africa raises concern for their impact on biological Read more »
As the Grand Prize Winner, Moellman will receive a 60GB video iPod, and will
have his song featured in upcoming public Read more »
NGOs have now carried out a preliminary examination of the site. They found
the pipeline work has caused environmental Read more »
NGOs have now carried out a preliminary examination of the site. They found
the pipeline work has caused environmental Read more »
Sakhalin-2 is a jointly owned project of Royal Dutch Shell (55%), Japan’s Mitsui
& Co. Ltd. (25%) and the Read more »
Sakhalin-2 is a jointly owned project of Royal Dutch Shell (55%), Japan’s Mitsui
& Co. Ltd. (25%) and the Read more »
“If the Canadian government wants to end the cruelty of the seal hunt, then
Prime Minister Harper should end it once Read more »
Ting Cheng-lung, was arrested on 8 August 2006 at Ndola Airport in the
Copperbelt Province of Zambia, while in possession Read more »
IFAW and other groups successfully lobbied more than half of all MEPs to sign
a Written Declaration calling for an end to Read more »
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In the news
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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