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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 »
Summertime in India means a two-month break from regular school, a time when children have a lot of free time that drives Read more »
While the ivory wars of the 1980’s more than halved the African elephant population in a short decade, we’re Read more »
CEO Fred O’Regan, Siobhan Magnus and other IFAW staff discuss the 2012 Animal Action Awards.
There are three things I Read more »
The Northern Dogs team retraced our steps back to the first community again today so that Jessica and Karen could go into Read more »
The expansion of global communications and travel makes us much more aware of the plight of animals around the world.
Global 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 »
At the moment
all 6 birds are alive and receiving veterinary care. The birds were discovered
packed tightly in a cardboard box and in very poor condition. Only 1 of 6 birds
has begun to eat on its own while the rest depend on force-feeds to surviv Read more »
“The bloody seal slaughter, the killing of the defenseless animals, which can’t be even called a ‘hunt,’ is now prohibited in Russia as it is in most developed countries. It is a serious step towards the conservation of biodiv Read more »
For several years, the 84-nation
intergovernmental Commission has elaborated a detailed scientific procedure
(Revised Management Procedure) to ensure all catch limits for any future
commercial whaling would be within sustainable limits calculated Read more »
Since 2003, the Charity Seal has been given to non-profits
that meet the BBB’s strict Standards for Charity Accountability. The seal not
only provides the public with a trusted symbol that IFAW adheres to the
Alliance’s comprehensive s Read more »
“This is truly a historic moment – a moment that marks the
beginning of the inevitable end to Canada’s commercial seal hunt,” said
Sheryl Fink, a senior researcher with IFAW. “Senator Harb has shown incredible
leaders Read more »
MEPs from the IMCO (Internal
Market and Consumer Protection) Committee, today voted overwhelmingly in favor
of a ban on the trade in seal products without any derogations, and with the
only exemption for products from traditional Inuit seal hunts. Read more »
The announcement of this new accord between the Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environment (MPR) and the State Fisheries Committee came just one day after
Russia’s Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin said “[this] is such a bloody hunt, an Read more »
Kenya
Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers arrested two suspected poachers and one middleman
from their hideout in the park, and recovered two AK-47 rifles and 38 rounds of
ammunition. The middleman had already sold off the tusks to other dealers in the Read more »
Outgoing Fisheries and
Agriculture Minister, Einar K Gudfinnsson, recently granted commercial whaling
quotas of up to 150 endangered fin whales and 100 minke whales a year for the
next five years. Iceland’s new
Fisheries Minister, Steingrim 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 »
Lori, Dean, Drew and Jason, the four grizzly bear cubs that were successfully rehabilitated and released back into the wilds Read more »
In June of 2009, the International Fund for Animal Welfare embarked on a massive project to relocate 83 elephants from the Read more »
As I travelled to Iceland on Sunday evening I was thinking about how all the pieces of our anti-whaling campaign in the 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 »
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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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