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Today Canadian Senator Mac Harb will formally re-introduce legislation to end the commercial seal hunt in Canada.
Despite Read more »
In this video interview, International Fund for Animal Welfare, James Isiche Director, Eastern Africa, gives a terrific Read more »
Around the world, dogs and cats are poisoned, beaten, neglected or otherwise abused because there are “too many Read more »
When the spring comes, the rains are not far behind. Yes, this is the season of pre- monsoon in Northeast India. Kaziranga Read more »
Elephants are capricious.
In fact, I’m beginning to suspect that after 40 years, the Amboseli elephants might well Read more »
Every year I look forward to our Animal Action Awards as it's IFAW’s chance to celebrate Britain’s Read more »
I get asked a lot about why IFAW travels to the ice each year to document the commercial seal hunt. Many people Read more »
Two weeks ago today, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and our proud partners unveiled a new Apple iPad and iPhone Read more »
Spain's King Juan Carlos is facing criticism for taking a hunting trip in Botswana, reportedly costing $56,000, during 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 »
Key anti-whaling actions included the adoption of a resolution condemning
Japanese whaling, and a report by the IWC Scientific Committee that hotly
criticized Japan’s so-called “scientific” whaling program. IFAW
Global Whale Read more »
Proposals that would allow for the international commercial trade of elephant
ivory are heating up to be the most contentious of the dozens of proposals to be
voted on. Kenya and Mali have partnered together in an effort to
protect global el Read more »
Despite a 1986 global moratorium on commercial whaling, Japan currently hunts
more than 1,200 whales a year for what it calls “scientific” whaling, in abuse
of an IWC loophole that allows for the lethal research of whales. Whales hunted Read more »
The meeting is expected to be contentious, with pro-whaling Japan pushing for a
lifting of the ban, and conservation groups, including IFAW (International Fund
for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org), in
attendance to call for global whale protec Read more »
"Our rangers paid the ultimate prize - human life. But their deaths will not be
in vain. We remain vigilant and dedicated to our call - to stamp out poaching
and preserve Kenya's wildlife heritage," said Dickson Lesimirdana, Head of Anti-
Poaching Read more »
The snapshot survey conducted in the UK, Australia, China, Germany, the
Netherlands, France, Canada and the USA* tracked over 2,200 elephant ivory items
listed on eBay Web sites and found that more than 90% of the listings breached
even eBay Read more »
IFAW Global Whale Program Manager Patrick Ramage and his 12-year-old son Henry
will join Cape Air pilot Ken Johnson in a Cape Air Cessna 402 airplane painted
to show the beauty of the humpback whales. The plane will touch down in major
cities acro Read more »
There are currently more than 10,000 captive big cats, such as tigers and
lions, held captive in the U.S. In recent years, captive big cats have killed
more than a dozen people and injured more than 50 people. Many big cats are
owned by individual Read more »
Kyokuyo is a multinational seafood conglomerate that got its start in the 1930s
as a whaling company operating in the Antarctic. Although it sold its stock in
the Government of Japan’s whaling fleet last year, Kyokuyo has not cut its
connect 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 »
An elephant calf injured in a village, a rhino orphaned by poachers, a full-grown tiger discovered in a well and a leopard Read more »
Some people would think that walking through a charcoaled field (or veld in local slang) at night with temperatures dipping Read more »
On August 7th I was driving back home from a massive spay and neuter campaign in Playa del Carmen, worried because Hurricane Read more »
American actress Kristin Bauer van Straten plays a lethal vampire on television, but is even more deadly serious in her Read more »
This is a heart-wrenching and beautiful letter written by a woman whose lovely dog died yesterday in Bali.
The dog’s Read more »
When I was a child, the borders of my country were closed. I grew up in the Soviet Union and only the most privileged Read more »
I lost Bill Oddie three times in between getting out of the plane and reaching the baggage hall. I was beginning to Read more »
As hundreds of flights landing and taking off at the new international airport in Kunming, Yunnan province in China, Read more »
The growing regional demand for having wild and exotic animals as pets fuels illegal wildlife trade in the Middle East. 886 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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