Bear attacking monkey video from Chinese wild animal park begs big questions

Erica Martin — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:21:45 +0000

Erica Martin

Fri, 05/10/2013

WARNING: the video above may be disturbing to some viewers.

WATCH: mother rhino and little one reunited in India

Dr. Ian Robinson — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:36:09 +0000

Dr. Ian Robinson

Mon, 04/08/2013

In this brief video above you can hear the IFAW-WTI team member and in this instance also camera person, Bhaskar Choudhury, making baby rhino noises, then we see the new baby rhino and her mother reunited after a short separation.

This post about a recent rhino calf birth was submitted by Sheren Shrestha, IFAW-WTI staff working in India. - IR

In Paris, even dead elephants aren't safe from ivory poachers

Jason Bell — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:00:22 +0000

Jason Bell

Thu, 04/04/2013

This brief video above from Euronews describes the scene at the Paris Natural History Museum.

If there’s any doubt that poachers will go to any length to illegally acquire ivory, then a recent news report should dispel it.

About a week ago, the Parisian police nabbed a thief who broke into the Paris Natural History Museum and used a chain saw to lop off the tusk of an elephant on display.

WATCH: incredibly cute orphaned Russian bear cub takes her first steps

Dr. Maria (Masha) N. Vorontsova — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:25:46 +0000

Dr. Maria (Masha) N. Vorontsova

Mon, 04/01/2013

Toma, seen taking her first steps in the video above, is one of six orphaned bear cubs recently rescued in Russia and undergoing rehabilitation at the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Bear Rescue Center in Bubonitsy.

WATCH: dramatic rescue of two orphaned Bengal tigers in India

Gail A Brunzo — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:49:04 +0000

Gail A Brunzo

Thu, 03/28/2013

Last November, villagers from Anini, a small and remote town in Northeast India, spotted four tiger cubs moving around their locality. These sightings were particularly unusual in that the cubs were seen without the presence of an adult tiger, in other words, without their mother.

Soon, villagers started reporting dead or missing poultry and pigs; clearly the orphaned tiger cubs were hungry and desperate.

Amboseli elephants: to whom do they belong?

James Isiche — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:37:56 +0000

James Isiche

Tue, 03/19/2013

Take a moment to watch this video on the recent elephant collaring in Amboseli and learn more of IFAW’s partnership with the local community and other stakeholders to secure critical elephant habitats in the short and long term.