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As long as I have been leading the Northern Dogs Project, I have always wanted to take a walk out the back of where we host Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare in collaboration with the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Forest Economy and Read more »
Summertime in India means a two-month break from regular school, a time when children have a lot of free time that drives Read more »
While the ivory wars of the 1980’s more than halved the African elephant population in a short decade, we’re Read more »
CEO Fred O’Regan, Siobhan Magnus and other IFAW staff discuss the 2012 Animal Action Awards.
There are three things I Read more »
The Northern Dogs team retraced our steps back to the first community again today so that Jessica and Karen could go into Read more »
The expansion of global communications and travel makes us much more aware of the plight of animals around the world.
Global Read more »
I have travelled to nearly all of the International Fund for Animal Welfare projects around the world, and have always been Read more »
As part of the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Northern Dogs Project, a team of veterinarians, vet technicians 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 »
For several years, the 84-nation
intergovernmental Commission has elaborated a detailed scientific procedure
(Revised Management Procedure) to ensure all catch limits for any future
commercial whaling would be within sustainable limits calculated Read more »
During the meeting, a package deal will be presented which is
essentially a one-way compromise that could lift the commercial whaling
moratorium, allow the government of Japan to kill
endangered species and permit illegal, high seas whaling to con Read more »
Yesterday’s (26th) announcement of this new
accord between the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the State
Fisheries Committee came just one day after Russia’s Prime Minister, Vladimir
Putin, said: “[this]
is suc Read more »
Kenya
Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers arrested two suspected poachers and one middleman
from their hideout in Galana, and recovered two AK-47 rifles and 38 rounds of
ammunition. The middleman had already sold off the tusks to other dealers in the Read more »
Outgoing
Fisheries and Agriculture Minister, Einar K Gudfinnsson, recently granted
commercial whaling quotas of up to 150 endangered fin whales and 100 minke
whales a year for the next five years. Iceland’s new
Fisheries Minister, Steingrim Read more »
Patrick Ramage, Whale Programme Director with the International Fund for
Animal Welfare (IFAW), said: “The plan released today is a bad deal for whales
and international efforts to protect them.
“It would lift the commercial whaling mo Read more »
The
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) wants thousands of people across
the UK to strike a whale tail pose and get involved in ‘Tails for Whales’. Model
and presenter Twiggy and comedienne Jo Brand are among celebrities alrea Read more »
The
Washington
paper of “Watergate” fame obtained secret documents and broke the story of the
whaling plan yesterday (January 25).
Patrick Ramage,
Global Whale Programme Director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare
(IFAW) s 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 »
I am just coming from the Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
They say it, 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 »
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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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