Animal Action education programme
Our Animal Action education programme helps children learn and care about animals

Our animal action education programme helps children learn and care about animals

Whales news

Memo from the whales to Chef Gordon Ramsay: Meet Us Don't Eat Us!
24th May 2012 by Robbie Marsland | 0 Comments
It's a pity celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay visited Iceland out of the main tourist season recently. Had he waited a month Read more »
Building political and journalistic bridges on a visit to Russia
19th May 2012 by Robbie Marsland | 0 Comments
Oleg Mitvol is an old friend of the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Russia. We have worked closely with him on Read more »
UK MPs show cross-party support for an end to commercial whaling
8th May 2012 by Robbie Marsland | 0 Comments
I thought I’d share with you what sounds like a pretty dull and boring process in the UK parliament. It may sound dull Read more »
A screen grab from the new Whale Alert app.
18th April 2012 by Patrick Ramage | 0 Comments
Two weeks ago today, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and our proud partners unveiled a new Apple iPad and iPhone Read more »
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8th May 2012
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW -  www.ifaw.org) has welcomed the news that Iceland has called an end to the cruel practice of harpooning endangered fin whales. Kristjan Loftsson, the lone Icelandic whaler responsible for killing Read more »
Poll: Americans Support Whale Conservation; New Blueprint Lays Out Government Ac
24th April 2012
A new nationwide survey shows that 77 percent of Americans across the political spectrum agree that Congress and the Administration should adopt a broad whale conservation program, and 89 percent believe that the U.S. should help enforce the global b Read more »
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11th April 2012
All around Australia oil and gas companies are closing in on vital whale habitats. Any day now leases covering endangered blue whale habitat and right next to calving grounds for endangered southern right whales will be handed over to oil and gas com Read more »
New iPad, iPhone app helps protect endangered whales
4th April 2012
Contact: Kerry Branon, (508) 744-2068; (508) 776-9872; kbranon@ifaw.org Cindy Powell, (202) 306-6313; cpowell@ifaw.org   (Yarmouth Port, MA – 4 April 2012) – A new app for iPad and iPhone combines science and technology to help save Read more »
19th December 2011
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is applauding the news that Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Russian Federation have banned the import and export of harp seal skins.  Canada claims that Russia is one of the last two major remaining Read more »
25th November 2011
An intergovernmental conservation body representing more than 100 countries has failed to recognise whaling as a threat to whale conservation following objections from Norway, one of the last three countries still killing whales for commercial reason Read more »
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Saving Whales
8th May 2012 by | 0 Comments
From pollution to climate change to whaling, these magnificent creatures face more threats than ever. Read more »
Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Fact Sheet
2nd February 2012 by | 0 Comments
Cape Cod is one of only a few places in the world where multiple whales and dolphins frequently beach themselves. These mass Read more »
Investigating the use of passive acoustics threats to right whales in the Great
13th October 2011 by | 0 Comments
The highly endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) has suffered high rates of mortality from ship strikes Read more »
12th October 2011 by | 0 Comments
The Taking of SEI and Humpback Whales by Japan Read more »
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Memo from the whales to Chef Gordon Ramsay: Meet Us Don't Eat Us!
24th May 2012 by Robbie Marsland | 0 Comments
It's a pity celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay visited Iceland out of the main tourist season recently. Had he waited a month Read more »
Building political and journalistic bridges on a visit to Russia
19th May 2012 by Robbie Marsland | 0 Comments
Oleg Mitvol is an old friend of the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Russia. We have worked closely with him on Read more »
8th May 2012 by | 0 Comments
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW -  www.ifaw.org) has welcomed the news that Iceland has called an end Read more »
Saving Whales
8th May 2012 by | 0 Comments
From pollution to climate change to whaling, these magnificent creatures face more threats than ever. Read more »
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