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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 »
A recent Sky TV HD video overview report on the ivory trade.
The illegal ivory trade starts with the slaughter of elephants Read more »
This footage of the dolphin stranding in Brazil is amazing.
This is a rare event for this area, unlike here on Cape 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
When the rains came after the 2009 drought in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, the vegetation grew and the elephant Read more »
Bill Maher wrote to the interim leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, Bob Rae, in early July and the two have been having Read more »
This post was filed from the field by the International Fund for Animal Welfare Western Grey Whale Research team Read more »
A state-of-the-art whale research vessel has returned to Icelandic waters to carry out further vital, non-invasive research Read more »
In a tribute to mark World Rangers Day today, IFAW said men and women on the frontline of saving wildlife Read more »
IFAW has learned with sorrow of the tragic passing of Rita Miljo, founder of the Centre for Animal Rehabilitation and 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 »
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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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