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This post was filed by Kristin Ohman who is a member of the Nyangumi Humpback Research Team working throughout the next few Read more »
UPDATE: 8.5.11
From IFAW-WTI field communications officer in Northeast India, Sashanka Barbaruah:
As the precocious baby Read more »
Northern fires. Lots of them and big ones. If you have been reading the paper or listening to the news, you will have heard Read more »
What would it be like if the lion population really did vanish completely? If you wanted to travel to the African plains and Read more »
A supporter nearly shouts over the phone receiver, ”All Jiangmen city dogs will be culled. Please help”! Appeals Read more »
The data in DFO’s own report raises the question: If cod mortality does not track to grey seal numbers, how could a Read more »
However, never in my wildest dreams did I picture myself pushing a stuffed leopard through the corridors of the European Read more »
We left Cat Lake to head over to Summer Beaver, another fly in only community about an hour’s hop away. Logistics are Read more »
On 26 July 2011, several news outlets reported that Victor Gordon, a Philadelphia African art-store owner, was arrested by Read more »
It has been just over a week since I returned from Oklahoma, where the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Watch Video »
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Watch Video »
This week during a visit to Cozumel, Mexico, our team discovered a dog in desperate need of help. Covered in used motor oil Watch Video »
Watch the amazing video of Cinderella's release back into the wild, shot on location by IFAW staff working in Russia.
I Watch Video »
Music and art are my life, and animals have always been important to me.
When I met Donna Gadomski of the International Watch Video »
In the video above, IFAW CEO & President Azzedine Downes speaks with INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. Watch Video »
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 »
“The whales won this one,” said Dr. Joth Singh, Director of Wildlife and
Habitat for IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) from the 57th IWC
annual meeting. “We’re heartened that the pro-conservation majority at Read more »
“Scientific whaling is more about whaling than science,” said Dr. Joth Singh,
IFAW Director of Wildlife and Habitat. “Japan’s latest plan is commercial
whaling in a pitiful disguise and an insult to modern science. There is Read more »
This comprehensive guide, produced by WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin
Conservation society and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare), explores
the fascinating whale watch opportunities available in Japan, Korea, Taiwan,
Province of China a Read more »
Kentucky’s regulation prohibits pet ownership of dangerous animals such as
elephants, lions, bears, tigers, rhinos, leopards and certain primates. People
who currently own these animals will be allowed to keep them as pets but are
prohibited Read more »
Japan threatens to break the 20-year moratorium on commercial whaling set up
by the IWC. Senior Japanese official Yoshimasa Hayashi told AFP in Washington
recently "We are running out of patience after waiting for 20 years," Media
reports reveal t Read more »
According to widespread media reports and government sources, Japan will
shortly announce plans to double its “scientific” whaling in protected waters
around Antarctica and to add two new protected species, fin and humpback whales,
to Read more »
The dogs are being moved from the Beijing Human and Animal Environmental
Education Center (BHAEEC) in China to the NSALA facilities in Port Washington,
NY, to provide an immediate solution to overcrowding faced by dog shelters in
China and to find Read more »
The British, French and German governments also issued a message which
strongly criticised the Marine Research Institute’s proposals for 39 minke
whales to be taken this year.
IFAW condemned the recommendation as cruel, unnecessary and econom Read more »
The British, French and German governments also issued a message which strongly criticised the Marine Research Institute’s proposals for 39 minke whales to be taken this year.
IFAW condemned the recommendation as cruel, unnecessary and e 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 »
Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax for Fiscal Year beginning 7/1/2011 and ending 6/30/2012 Read more »
An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 big cats are kept as pets and for profit in places like basements, backyards and roadside zoos Read more »
Time flies when you’re having fun, so they say. The past 12 months have certainly been amongst the fastest of my life Read more »
It's been quite a week.
Fortunately, we haven't had any more stranded dolphins since Monday, but yesterday we Read more »
Cairo Airport’s officers have foiled an attempt by a Kuwaiti national to smuggle out three lion cubs from Egypt.
The Read more »
Delphine Wespiser has always been concerned about animal welfare, but ever since her election as Miss France 2012, she has Read more »
Satellite tracking data from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org) suggests the majority of Read more »
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of the tragedy currently unfolding in the cold, muddy marshes of Cape Cod.
In Read more »
On Monday this week, on a farm near Mossel Bay in the Western Cape, another rhino was poached, bringing the tally to Read more »
A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE makes the claim that allowing limited lion trophy hunting in Africa, rather Read more »
IFAW has partnered with the UNDP in Bosnia to help communities humanely manage their roaming dog populations. The 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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