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We’ve just said goodbye to January, the month of new beginnings, headstarts and shiny optimism for the year ahead. And Read more »
Well, Saturday marked one month since we began responding on 12 January, 2012.
We've found two more dead Read more »
We were saddened to learn of the death of a rhino named ‘Spencer’ yesterday during the attempted demonstration Read more »
My team is responding to another live dolphin about to strand in Wellfleet as I write this from the Command Center.
If Read more »
The Council of Representatives of Iraq has finished the second reading of a draft law to join the Convention on Read more »
As the news broke of the Chipolopolo Boys’ (aka the Copper Bullets from Zambia) victory over Ghana in the 2012 Africa Read more »
Since my last blog post, dolphins have continued to strand daily on Cape Cod. In the midst of the rescue efforts, we held a Read more »
The practice of keeping wild and exotic animals such as lions, monkeys, tortoises and raptors is increasing through out the Read more »
I meant to update everyone on the dog house build for the northern community but between travel and a travel bug, I’ve 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 satellite technology transmits regular signals from the bear’s collar
allowing researchers to follow them remotely and download information about
their movements and whereabouts via internet updates three times a week. The
collar is prog Read more »
Unacceptable cruelty, including the hooking and hoisting of a live seal into
a boat has been documented at the hunt this week, at the very same time Canadian
officials overseas are heralding this year to be the most humane seal hunt
ever. Read more »
Canada’s commercial seal hunt is the largest hunt for marine mammals in the
world. Hunters are allowed to kill pups as soon as they begin to molt their
white coats, which occurs when the animals are about two weeks
old. “In spite Read more »
The team observed and documented sealers on the ice in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence hunting with hakapiks on the opening day of the hunt. “We
witnessed today a classic example of the cruelty associated with this hunt. We
filmed as a sealer Read more »
The team observed and documented sealers on the ice in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence hunting with hakapiks on the opening day of the hunt. “We
witnessed today a classic example of the cruelty associated with this hunt. We
filmed as a sealer Read more »
“Now that I have seen the actual text of the new condition of
license, I’m left speechless by its inadequacy.” said Sheryl Fink, IFAW senior
researcher and veteran seal hunt observer. “The impaling of live and conscious
sea Read more »
“Now that I have seen the actual text of the new condition of license, I’m
left speechless by its inadequacy.” said Sheryl Fink, IFAW senior researcher and
veteran seal hunt observer. “The impaling of live and conscious seal Read more »
Coinciding with the island’s launch, IFAW will hold a live concert on
Thursday March 27th at 1:00 PM SLT featuring two popular Second Life bands:
AngeyLaura Houston aka Laura Angey and the UKD Project from Italy. The
concert will take Read more »
First, it may seem that the new Rules are meant to protect bear cubs. This is
a complete illusion, however. For instance, paragraph 3.3 prohibits “shooting
sows having current year’s crop of cubs before winter hibernation begins”. 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 »
About 30 customs officials, border police and wildlife law enforcement agents from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Read more »
These photos from the IFAW Wildlife Rescue Center in Assam show how devastating the flood is. It is taking a huge toll Read more »
Ms. Kathleen Savesky has been appointed the new Chair of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org), Read more »
On the eve of the annual meeting of the conservation body set up to protect whales – the International Whaling Read more »
On Wednesday, Gabon’s President, Ali Bongo, sent a clear message to ivory traders – you won’t get your Read more »
Whales Need Sanctuary!
The 2012 annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission to be held July 2 to 6 in Panama will Read more »
Americans Love Whales
From sea to shining sea and across the political spectrum, the American people want their political Read more »
When I woke up early in the morning yesterday and caught the morning news in the TV, a visual of an elephant with its calf 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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