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Whale family and pod members are separated from each other. Once removed from their natural environment, the whales are then Read more »
Despite the incredible challenges surrounding relief efforts in Libya at the moment, International Fund for Animal Welfare Read more »
The BBC has just reported that a volunteer IFAW hunt monitor filmed a fox being pursued by hounds on a railway track.
Sadly Read more »
From where I sit in Cape Town as the Director of IFAW’s Southern Africa operations and as the Elephant Programme Read more »
UPDATE: 9.6.11
Hi all - There is an update on the situation by way of press release here.
From the release:
"The Read more »
If that sounds like someone you have been looking for, Pups is your man... and he’s wondering where you are and why Read more »
International Fund for Animal Welfare teams on the road to rescue animals stricken by Hurricane Irene.
Four days after Read more »
Our understanding of the social and emotional intelligence of animals is rapidly expanding. Prides of lions, herds of Read more »
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the GTI efforts, it’s that we shouldn’t wait until there are 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 »
"IFAW will continue to oppose the Government of Japan's whaling activities in
the Southern Ocean Sanctuary and its international efforts to expand commercial
whaling, but our thoughts and prayers at this time are also with Kazutaka
Makita, the cre Read more »
The ivory targeted for sampling, representative of approximately 3,000- 6,500
elephants, was confiscated in Singapore. By current estimations of customs
authorities, a mere 10% of contraband products (guns, drugs, etc.) are
intercepted. Presently, Read more »
This decision follows the German Parliament’s October 19 motion calling for a
national ban on seal products until an EU-wide ban is passed. As there is no
immediate response on the EU-level, Mr. Seehofer will move forward with the
German nat Read more »
The elephants—which were hand-raised at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation
and Conservation (CWRC)—were transported 450 kilometers from India’s Kaziranga
National Park to Manas National Park. In Manas the elephants will Read more »
Japan’s government-sponsored whaling fleet is currently in the Southern Ocean
Sanctuary, where it is hunting a self allocated quota of more than 900 whales.
The Southern Ocean Sanctuary is a marine preserve established in 1994 to protect
wha Read more »
Entitled “Ivory Wars: The Last Stand in Zakouma,” the piece highlights the
story of one mother elephant tagged “Annie” and her travels through and outside
of Zakouma NP, in search of food and water sources. Annie was radio-c Read more »
Last weekend two cubs were found by a logger and a truck driver on the roads of
the Chuguyewski district in the Primorye region. The young tigers were so
exhausted from hunger and frost that they did not flee from the
men. “These tigers Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) said the new regulations sent a
clear message to the hunting fraternity that it is time to clean up the
industry. While hunting of captive bred predators per se has not
been al Read more »
As the report indicates, in nine of the past 11 years, average ice coverage has
deteriorated to well below the average ice cover seen over the last 37 years. A
lack of suitable ice, combined with violent storms and early ice break-up
disrupts 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 »
Some 10,000 to 20,000 big cats are kept captive by private owners in the U.S. The exact number is a mystery because there Read more »
In the terrible 2009 drought that precipitated our collaboration with the International Fund for Animal Welfare to begin our Read more »
YouTube has selected IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) to be a member of its first official Read more »
In an epic operation starting today, ten elephants in Tsavo East and West National Parks will be collared using satellite Read more »
As the International Day of Action for Seals is upon us, this is a perfect time to reflect on the current realities of the Read more »
I was horrified to see the pictures just released of Donald Trump Jr. and his brother Eric taken from an African safari the Read more »
Wading through the past week’s non-stop media commemorations of 3/11 -- a devastating day that changed both the Read more »
In 2008, Russia’s Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service (Rosprirodnadzor) toughened the penalties Read more »
Two orphaned rhinos--Maju and Raja--are on their way back to the wild in northeast India, after several years under the care 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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