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Through through the spring I was able twice to travel by train to the International Fund for Animal Welfare bear Read more »
Eight years of campaigning against Icelandic whaling makes you cynical.
It also teaches you that Iceland is a very Read more »
Yes, it’s happening again.
A few weeks ago, the delicate state of peace in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was Read more »
It's a pity celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay visited Iceland out of the main tourist season recently.
Had he waited a month Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare welcomed the announcement by the World Organisation for Animal Health, the OIE, Read more »
It was no everyday place for a meeting: under spotlights stood bear, bison, red deer and wolf. The chairs were set out Read more »
We recently saw another landmark moment in the journey of the 2004 ban on fox hunting to becoming a bastion of Read more »
A thought came to me while I was powering up my PC this morning: This is just another day in your life. That may be so, but Read more »
Some of the readers of this blog have commented on my evident enjoyment of my job. I’m glad it’s so obvious, and Read more »
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Watch Video »
It should be quite simple.
If hunts in England are hunting within the law, it should be very easy to prove.
Go where they 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 »
The International
Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and local volunteers deployed an Emergency Relief
(ER) team and since their arrival they have treated and fed over 6000 starving
livestock. Working with government
rescuers, the team, which include Read more »
The
proposal,
announced today (Wed) by EU Environment Commissioner Mr. Stavros
Dimas,
comes after growing political opposition and a huge public outcry in the
European Union about the ongoing commercial hunts for young seals.
Opinion polls
in Read more »
Cub hunting is the practice of
training young dogs to kill fox cubs so they develop a taste for blood, and
traditionally formed part of the hunting calendar. The Hunting Act 2004 outlawed
this inhumane practice but animal welfare groups remain con Read more »
The peaceful demonstration on Tuesday (1st),
organised by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and coordinated by
Eurogroup for Animals, will take place outside the offices of the European
Commission, which is due to decide later next Read more »
The decision taken at the 57th Standing Committee for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), enables China to become a trading partner for 108 tonnes of elephant ivory which have been put up for sale from four southern A Read more »
"The long term goal of this pilot project is to help develop standards and
protocols for grizzly bear rehabilitation that can be replicated in other
provinces, territories and possibly states", said IFAW campaigner Kim Elmslie,
"This project can r Read more »
IFAW staff visiting markets in Beijing have discovered many souvenirs made from rare wild animals, including ivory carvings, musical instruments covered in reptile skin and traditional Chinese medicines containing endangered species. These were found 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 »
Conservationists worldwide, including experts with the
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), urged member countries meeting in
Santiago,
Chile, to reject
any compromise which might threaten the global moratorium on commercial
whaling. 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 »
Queen guitarist and animal welfare champion, Brian May, will launch the national Team Badger campaign in London with a giant Read more »
This post was filed from the field by the International Fund for Animal Welfare Western Grey Whale Research team Read more »
As we have reported many times, elephants are being annihilated for their tusks at an astonishing rate with no end to a Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare’s state-of-the-art marine research vessel Song of the Whale is always a big Read more »
Ouagadougou, is a place not many people would have heard of before. At first sight one may even struggle to know how to Read more »
More than 35 Ethiopian law enforcement professionals are attending a training workshop to improve their capacity and ability Read more »
U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) today introduced S.3547, the Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act, aimed at Read more »
The British badger is under serious threat after a last-minute court appeal this week failed to stop a UK Government- 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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