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As soon as I think everything is going so well and I've settled into a routine of daily sweat, stinky-pig-food-hauling Read more »
On November 19th, US State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack formally requested that Japan refrain from participating Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving to IFAW's American friends, family, and supporters, and a sincere "Thank you for your support" Read more »
Hayden Panetierre, who plays the "indestructable cheerleader" on the hit TV show "Heroes", traveled to Read more »
Nothing could have made me happier today than to meet a young boy and a rabbit he rescued from the flood waters.
I have to Read more »
I've created this slide show of images which is a compilation of the work we have been doing since arriving in the field Read more »
J.C. Bouvier, the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Online Community Coordinator filed this post in which he expresses Read more »
Japan insists that they kill humpback whales in their annual hunt because they need to collect "scientific data". Read more »
IFAW's feeding program, with assistance from several local entities, has reached many animals in need.
Is there a 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 this video, produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, we get a sneak view into our 2012 Animal Action Awards Watch Video »
In order to support the Congolese authorities in their efforts to reinforce the protection of the forest elephants that Watch Video »
A tigress named Zolushka (Russian for Cinderella) was successfully released to the wild by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) jointly with the Phoenix Fund, Special Inspection Tiger, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecol Read more »
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) is organizing specialized training on prevention of wildlife trafficking and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The workshop i Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) has condemned an apparent decision to resume the cruel practice of harpooning endangered fin whales in Iceland.
Kristjan Loftsson, the lone Icelandic whaler responsible for slaughtering 28 Read more »
Poachers, aided by game rangers, have killed every single rhino in the Mozambique section of one of Southern Africa’s most vaunted transfrontier parks.
Media today report 15 rhino in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park were killed last mon Read more »
The European General Court today upheld the EU trade regulation on seal products. In a strongly-worded and crystal clear decision the court dismissed any concerns that either the EU seal trade regulation, or its implementation, lacked a legal basis. Read more »
The trampling to death of an elephant handler in South Africa this week has again thrown into sharp focus the dangers of the elephant-back safari industry.
On Monday an experienced handler at the Elephant Sanctuary, near Hartebeespoort Dam, North Wes Read more »
Canada’s commercial seal hunt opens off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador today, despite a lack of demand for seal products and restrictions on seal products in 34 countries. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) qu Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) has sent desperately needed emergency funds to Cyprus to help feed animals facing starvation because of the current financial crisis.
Donations to Cypriot shelters have completely Read more »
A healthy, female calf has been born in Manas National Park, to a rhinoceros hand-raised by IFAW-WTI as an orphan and moved to the park as part of a species reintroduction.
“This is the first calf born in the wild in India from a rhino that had 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 »
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment selected IFAW’s (the International Read more »
Volunteers are needed for a whale study in Iceland. The fieldwork primarily involves cetacean mapping and behaviour Read more »
It has long been said that in war,
truth is the first casualty, and that certainly applies to the highly
political " Read more »
Two endangered clouded leopard cubs were rescued from a villager in northeast India. It is likely that these two cubs Read more »
(PROVINCETOWN, CAPE COD, MA) – The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, in partnership with the Dolphin Fleet of Read more »
The world is a bit safer this week than last for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. As of Sunday, US Read more »
One of our friends in Iceland has been busy visiting many of the schools and colleges across Iceland presenting the facts Read more »
“Of course we are pleased,” said Sheryl Fink, Senior
Researcher with the International Fund for Animal Welfare Read more »
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC (AP) - Scientists have taken to the air off the coast of South Carolina to look for a 40-foot whale 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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