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The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants to track their Read more »
The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants--six males and Read more »
Imagine a future in which endangered whales could use iPads and iPhones to call captains on the bridge of large ships and Read more »
Every year in my hands gets the treasure. Precious, beautiful, sincere children's drawings, each written with love, care Read more »
Earlier this month, I had a chance to travel to the Middle East and to visit the International Fund for Animal Welfare Read more »
Almost eight months after war exploded all around them, the animals at the Tripoli Zoo have finally found peace.
The Read more »
While I was in Assam, India in March, I was thrilled to learn that Soni, a five-year old female elephant, that we rescued, Read more »
Any dog or cat living in Khayelitsha, Cape Town can count itself extremely lucky if it finds itself at the Mdzananda Animal Read more »
This post was modified from a yet unpublished letter to the editors of Canada’s Corner Brook Western Star newspaper Read more »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 this video, produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, we get a sneak view into our 2012 Animal Action Awards Watch Video »
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 »
Earlier this week, several ships sank or ran aground during a fierce storm in
the Kerch Strait, a narrow waterway linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
The Volganeft-139, a tanker loaded with nearly 1.3 million gallons of oil, broke
in half d Read more »
In the wake of the floods, International Fund for Animal Welfare
(IFAW - www.ifaw.org) has
implemented an emergency plan to assist animals, which in many cases, are all
that people of Tabasco have left. Help is being sent to three Read more »
Federal Minister Seehofer declared in March 2007 publicly that he wanted to
implement a national trade ban speedily as a legislative procedure on an
EU-level could take years. In a letter to IFAW in September 2007 though, Mr.
Seehofer declared tha Read more »
Spearheaded by the community’s parliamentary representative
in the National Assembly Hon. Dr Naomi Shaban, the community held a
commissioning ceremony on site together with senior officials from Kenya
Wildlife Service (KWS) and IFAW (Interna Read more »
The agreement allows Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe to sell
additional ivory under strictly monitored CITES processes, but only those
government stockpiles officially registered prior to January 31, 2007.
“We are en Read more »
Since 1994, Japan and Norway have regularly submitted proposals to CITES seeking
to weaken protection for the great whales. This year, Japan proposed a
full review of the population status of all 13 great whale species by CITES,
while Icelan Read more »
In its survey carried out in February 2007, IFAW found that 94% of elephant
ivory for sale on eBay sites was potentially illegal. The report also found that
eBay policies varied from country to country and were often vague and not
enforced. Read more »
The sale of the 60 tonne stockpiles approved in 2002 at the 12th meeting of the
CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP) was contingent upon certain conditions
being met, including the availability of baseline and comparative data from the
Monitoring 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 »
Financial Statements - IFAW UK Charity registered number 1024806
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012 Read more »
Our mission is to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout
the world by reducing commercial exploitation 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 »
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 »
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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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