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In some ways, elephants are no different than you and me. They recognize themselves as individuals and as close-knit family Read more »
Today a debate will begin in the Canadian Senate on Senator Mac Harb’s bill to end commercial sealing.
A rational Read more »
“Ethics is about knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do” Read more »
As part of the Northern Dogs Project this year I invited a dog trainer/behaviourist who has worked with many of the dogs Read more »
My initial thoughts when I was planning a second outing to Giraffe House Wildlife Awareness Center (GHWAC) for learners from Read more »
On May 21st, 2012, Dubai Customs and the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s office in Dubai signed a memorandum Read more »
The following post was submitted by Jose Louies, who was one of the lead trainers for this session.
The rains just Read more »
As long as I have been leading the Northern Dogs Project, I have always wanted to take a walk out the back of where we host Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare in collaboration with the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Forest Economy and 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 »
The new, country-by-country economic analysis shows more than
13 million people took whale watching tours last year in 119 countries
worldwide, generating ticket fees and tourism expenditures of more than US$2.1
billion during 2008. Th Read more »
Our planet’s great whales face
more threats today than at any time in history,” said Patrick Ramage, whale
program director for IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org). “It’s time to get rid of
com Read more »
IFAW opposes whaling because it is unacceptably cruel – there is no humane
way to kill a whale and research has shown that whales shot with explosive
harpoons can take more than half an hour to die.
Opinion polling and independent economic r Read more »
IFAW opposes
whaling because it is unacceptably cruel – there is no humane way to kill a
whale and research has shown that whales shot with explosive harpoons can take
more than half an hour to die. Targeting an endangered species also raise Read more »
According to the
International Fund
for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) Asia Regional Director, Grace
Ge
Gabriel, “Mass killing of dogs is ineffective in controlling rabies
in the
long-term. By choosing not to implement Read more »
The decrease in the number of
seals killed coincides with remarkably low prices offered for seal pelts this
year and the announcement of a European Union-wide ban on the importation and
marketing of seal products.
“The lack of 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 »
Animal welfare organisations from the US and Europe are meeting in Washington, D.C. for the 3rd meeting of the Transatlantic Read more »
Actress and activist Amber Valletta joins the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) at the BLUE Ocean Read more »
The story of Zak and Mika, two young harp seal pups at the Aquarium des Îles de la Madeleine in Quebec captured the Read more »
Some good news from colleagues who are in Arusha, Tanzania this past week for the African Ministerial Conference on the Read more »
There’s very good news out of South Africa as two poachers were sentenced to 29 years each for their roles in killing Read more »
What a privilege it is to work for an organization like the International Fund for Animal Welfare. I have just Read more »
I am just coming from the Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
They say it, Read more »
Queen guitarist and animal welfare champion, Brian May, will launch the national Team Badger campaign in London with a giant Read more »
This post was filed from the field by the International Fund for Animal Welfare Western Grey Whale Research team 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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