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Our new iPad app helps answer the question: what drives trade in elephant ivory?
Our new iPad app helps answer the question: what drives trade in elephant ivory?
26th March 2013 by Christina Pretorius
In the 1970s the African elephant population was estimated to be around 1.3 million individuals. In the last census Read more »
US and Russian governments failed to end the needless killing of polar bears for
After bruising loss, polar bear advocates muster strength for battle ahead
23rd March 2013 by Jeffrey Flocken
On Thursday, March 7th, in Bangkok Thailand, a conservation travesty occurred  when 42 of the countries of the world Read more »
archive photo © IFAW/a.dintino
Baby Elephants Snatched from Wild Herds - Who’s Issuing the Permits?
20th March 2013 by
Protection for elephants, or just an elaborate sham? That’s the question being asked after trucks transporting four Read more »
Ivory for sale by a vendor in China. c. IFAW
My angst over China’s role in endangered wildlife trade
20th March 2013 by Grace Ge Gabriel
The recent meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) seriously Read more »
Sealers take turns clubbing harp seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada durin
A conversation with Céline Sissler-Bienvenu on the European Union's seal trade ban
19th March 2013 by Sonja Van Tichelen
Recently, I had a chat with Céline Sissler-Bienvenu, the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW ) Read more »
Killing Spree Slaughters 86 Elephants in Chad
Killing Spree Slaughters 86 Elephants in Chad
18th March 2013 by
Poachers in Chad have slaughtered 86 elephants, including 33 pregnant females, in less than a week. The elephants were Read more »