"A single elephant killed for its ivory is one too many." Join Leonardo DiCaprio in taking action for elephants.
Animals & Us Programme - free classroom-ready resources for students aged 6-10
Our best hope
IFAW’s education programmes empower young people and communities to take positive action for animals.
- Our Animal Action education programme reaches 7,000,000 young people in 15+ countries.
- Aboard our floating classrooms, children learn to respect and appreciate whales and other endangered marine wildlife.
- We teach community-based companion animal welfare from South Africa to Navajo Nation.
- We help local communities in Africa and Asia learn to live in harmony with wild animals.
Animal Action Education
- New for Key Stage 1 & 2! Check out our Animals & Us programme for students aged 6-10
- Design. Visit our Animal Action Art Gallery to download the 2012-13 Art contest entry form
- Learn. Download our free Elephants, never forget programme
- Join. Take part in our family petition and elephant “ribbon” campaign
- Nominate. Tell us why your hero should receive an Animal action award
- Help. Help IFAW help animals by raising funds for our work
- Connect. Learn how IFAW is supporting primary students in Burkina Faso on a journey towards better elephant conservation
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Actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio joined IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) today in calling for the world community to step up efforts to save elephants from poaching and the illegal ivory trade, which have escalate Read more »
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The Northern Dogs Project has returned north for the spring 2013 season!
We are back from working in the communities Read more »
I ran the London Marathon on Sunday 21st April and I think I can only now say that I have fully recovered!
When I decided to Read more »
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Mid-year Meeting last week was a family affair.
CGI is an organization that brings Read more »
Dog ownership in China has boomed in recent years. But more dogs don’t necessarily mean that owners are aware of how Read more »






