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So many of us know and have experienced the close bond that exists between people and their animal companions. Such a Read more »
There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail:
There gloom the dark, broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toil’ Read more »
The recent slaughter of hundreds of elephants in Cameroon for their ivory and the tragic death of some of those out there Read more »
What a week it has been!
The plans of the International Fund for Animal Welfare seal team have been shifting as quickly as Read more »
On Monday, Nikita, a 7-year-old white tiger and Tasha, a 10-year-old cougar will be loaded onto a rescue trailer and Read more »
I didn’t know him well. I hadn’t seen him for a long while. But I liked him, a lot, and he taught me Read more »
Today is the opening day of the commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St Lawrence, although one would be hard pressed to know Read more »
Two new Chinese language books for young readers are showing up in bookstores in China. The books on elephant and tiger Read more »
A green wooden box emerged from the parting of coats and legs, cameras, tripods, microphones. From within came silence.
Too 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 »
“This is a huge win for humpback whales and all those who have worked for
more than four decades to protect them,” said Patrick Ramage, Global Whale
Program Director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW -
www.ifaw.org). Read more »
‘This event appears to be a natural occurrence and has been seen 2 or 3 times
in the last 20 years, resulting in the death of thousands of birds. What really
took us by surprise this time is the huge increase in numbers’, said Valeria Read more »
The adult male seal was entangled in approximately 40 lbs of
heavy netting of unidentified origin that trailed seven feet down the length of
the animal. The team was able to attach a line to the entangling gear and bring
the animal to shore for an Read more »
The proposal, announced today (Wed) by EU Environment Commissioner Mr.
Stavros Dimas, comes after growing political opposition and a huge public outcry
in the European Union about the ongoing commercial hunts for young seals.
Opinion polls in EU M Read more »
“Two iconic species in our region face unprecedented threats: whales and
commercial fishermen,” said Patrick Ramage, IFAW Global Whale Program
Director. “We hope the new technology developed through this initiative
will ben Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org ) and local group SOCOBIOMA
(Society for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Maldonado), led a coalition of
NGOs tasked with this oiled wildlife response in South America.
All animal Read more »
Significant amounts of ivory in these stocks to be exported
from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, have been collected through
culling, which is defined as killing as a means to address population control,
and also natural deaths. Howe Read more »
The bears, hand-reared at the CBRC, were undergoing acclimatisation in the
wild at Upper Dikarai since September last year. Following the
soft-release protocol known as "assisted release", the bears were taken for
daily walks in the wild ass 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 »
My fascination with elephants goes back as far as I can remember. To become a research associate studying Amboseli’s Read more »
I’m typing quietly today, because as I write this in my tent in the research camp, part of the EA family is feeding Read more »
During the month of June and beginning of July there was another outbreak within the island and also inside the shelter.
We Read more »
This post was filed from the field by the International Fund for Animal Welfare Western Grey Whale Research team Read more »
I had the privilege of spending a week working with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Project in Sarasota, Florida last week. Read more »
Killing with Keystrokes 2.0: IFAW's investigation into the European online ivory trade surveyed websites in the UK, Read more »
Elephant poaching and illegal trade are at their highest levels in decades.
In the recent parliamentary meeting, the Dutch Read more »
Driving on the highway on my way to the International Fund for Animal Welfare Dog & Cat Project, Mdzananda Animal Clinic Read more »
All the dogs and cats that we brought down quickly went on to find their new homes.
Calpyso, Scar, Buddy, Bridget, 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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