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Fifteen rehabilitated harp seals were recently released back into the wild by Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut. The Read more »
Greetings from the North!
Sunday we made it to Vancouver and found it to be one of the most beautiful of all our stops so Read more »
Last week, IFAW released a report showing how the Internet auction site eBay facilitates the trade in illegal wildlife Read more »
A mother and calf pair of humpback whales who were stranded in a freshwater basin in northern California have finally turned Read more »
Hello friends! It's Saturday, and we are en-route to Vancouver, BC. While I have a few extra minutes aboard the whale plane Read more »
For the past week, the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Global Whales Program Manager, Patrick Ramage and his son Read more »
Hello from the Pacific Northwest! It has been a long but extremely successful day! As we speak, Henry is taking off again Read more »
IFAW Global Whales Program Manager Patrick Ramage and his son Henry continue their tour of the US in support of IFAW's Read more »
Here is the text from a recent comment made by the IFAW U.K. Anti-Whaling Group Leader on Japanese whaling policy, politics 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 »
Interpol and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Interpol’s international headquarters in Lyon, France. This is the first ever MoU signed by Interpol’s Envi Read more »
Dubai customs authorities have announced the seizure of 259 elephant tusks – believed to be the biggest bust yet of contraband ivory in the UAE.
The tusks were seized on 1 May, 2013 during a routine x-ray inspection of a container shipped from Read more »
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 »
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 »
Op 1 juli kwamen bezorgde inwonders vanuit heel Europa naar Brussel om te demonstreren voor een Europees verbod op Read more »
Since the surprising death of Oyin in April, Limbe Wildlife Center reports that the three remaining Taiping gorillas are Read more »
The following story was submitted by IFAW Veterinarian Dr Prasanta Boro:
Wednesday began as a normal day for us at CWRC ( Read more »
IFAW's media team just released this story:
Rescuers have gone to the relief of African penguin chicks orphaned and in Read more »
Read update HERE.
In a daring operation, an adult male tiger which had fallen into an open well, was rescued and released Read more »
In a freak accident, more than 800 Asian openbill storks, mostly chicks and juveniles, were killed as the banyan tree on Read more »
SEATTLE - Seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing and presumed dead in what could be the biggest decline among the sound Read more »
Despite
the 1989 international ban on the trade in ivory, 20,000 elephants are
slaughtered each year to supply the demand Read more »
As an advocate for whale protection and conservation around the world, I am really excited about a new movie that opened in 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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