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Usually I try to restrict my blog to writing stories about my study families; these are the elephants that I know well as I Read more »
The discussion on the European Union’s import ban on seal products continued last week as the second panel Read more »
Every time I read a report on the state of wildlife, I seem to be faced with the news of yet more dead animals poached for Read more »
It’s been a busy week or so for those following the dying whaling industry in Iceland. The lone Icelandic Read more »
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Mid-year Meeting last week was a family affair.
CGI is an organization that brings Read more »
Imagine this: you love wildlife, you have been on many safaris and your biggest wish is to see the tiger in its natural Read more »
Dog ownership in China has boomed in recent years. But more dogs don’t necessarily mean that owners are aware of how Read more »
WARNING: the video above may be disturbing to some viewers.
This week’s video of the horrific attack of a small Read more »
This story was recently shared with us by a staff member at the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Read more »
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 »
Take a moment to watch this video on the recent elephant collaring in Amboseli and learn more of IFAW’s partnership Watch Video »
· Keep all pets indoors during the cold weather as much as possible. Animals can get frostbite if they are left outside for long periods of time especially after sunset. · Continue to walk dogs outdoors, but provide a sweater Read more »
IFAW rescuers who responded to an oil spill in Estonia found the female swan
with its feet and body frozen in ice. The swan had been oiled and was near
death. Rescuers – who nicknamed the swan “Shiver” – cut her free from th Read more »
Scientists with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Russell
Leaper and Justin Matthews, conducted the study, entitled An Investigation of
the effects of uncertainty on Canadian harp seal management. The authors
assessed the federal g Read more »
Today’s announcement from Rome assured that no import licences would be granted for seal products in the coming months. In addition to the temporary ban, a legislative proposal to permanently prohibit all commerce in seal skins and seal derived Read more »
A portion of the 20-ton oil spill, which is currently trapped under a sheet
of ice, may be released when the ice melts in coming months. The thaw may put
birds and other wildlife at serious risk of becoming oiled and killed.
“Because it Read more »
The oil spill reached shore on January 28 and has spread to affect more than
50 kilometers of coastline around Ristna, Estonia. To date, more than 2,000 dead
birds have washed up on the beach. IFAW estimates an additional 10,000 seabirds
are at ri Read more »
IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare), RSPCA Australia and Humane
Society International (HSI) appealed the decision by the Environment Minister,
Senator Ian Campbell, to approve the import permits for the elephants.
“While we would Read more »
“It is a historic victory for endangered primates and marine mammals, for
environmental groups and for the general public,” said Beatriz Bugeda, Director
of IFAW Latin America. “This decision is critical to conservation policy in Read more »
“These draft regulations are a good first step, but only address public
contact with dangerous animals at licensed wildlife sanctuaries. IFAW will be
working to ensure animals and people are protected at every big cat facility
across the cou 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 »
Six days in and we have completed two of our smaller survey blocks, the first close to the Hornsea wind farm and the second Read more »
The struggle to protect the marine region of North-west Australia is turning out like a kind of twisted David and Goliath Read more »
November 15 marks the official closing of the Namibian seal hunt for another season. Despite calls from the International Read more »
While in Bali, Indonesia last week, jet-setting fashionista Paris Hilton was struck by the suffering of the island’s Read more »
Last Monday, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) rescue teams assisted in an operation that rescued 175 dogs from a Read more »
Egypt’s Environment and Water Bodies police, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and the Ministry of Read more »
This week the team onboard R/V Song of the Whale begin a project to survey the Dogger Bank, North Sea, for cetaceans, Read more »
Today we released a special report on Australia’s Last Great Whale Haven – the North West Marine Region. Read more »
Animals introduced as pets, bait or as food sometimes escape or are purposefully released from captivity. Sometimes, those 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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