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The Wild Animal Orphanage (WAO) in Northwest San Antonio Texas was forced to close due to a financial crisis.
The Read more »
Since 2002, each year the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Northern Dogs Project takes a team of vets and Read more »
It’s finally happened; we have had to call time on our baby boom. It has been a truly extraordinary year for the Read more »
Mark Twain once said, “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the Read more »
It was late afternoon of Sunday the 28th October 2012 on Olgulului – Ololorashi lands in Amboseli.
The sun was Read more »
On Saturday November 17th around 6.00 in the morning, I was awakened by a distress call from Saibolo, a community Read more »
Recently an agreement was launched marking the beginning of a new way to support clean, sustainable, offshore energy Read more »
In this short video, produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the author and supporting staff interviewed Read more »
Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental and Agusan del Sur are areas that many people would not be able to point out on a map. Read more »
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 »
This brief video above from Euronews describes the scene at the Paris Natural History Museum.
If there’s any doubt Watch Video »
Toma, seen taking her first steps in the video above, is one of six orphaned bear cubs recently rescued in Russia and Watch Video »
Last November, villagers from Anini, a small and remote town in Northeast India, spotted four tiger cubs moving around their Watch Video »
A video update from Geneva, Switzerland on Canada's WTO challenge to the EU seal import ban by IFAW's EU Watch Video »
I was completely shocked to hear that 86 elephants were killed close to the Chad border with Cameroon and their ivory Watch Video »
In order to support the Congolese authorities in their efforts to reinforce the protection of the forest elephants that Watch Video »
Together, IFAW and the Cummings School seek to collaborate on research and share training opportunities for staff and students. Several Cummings School students have previously worked on IFAW sponsored projects all over the world including elep Read more »
U.S. President Barack Obama today announced diplomatic measures to be taken by the United States against Iceland in condemnation of its whaling activities.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare welcomed the move and urged the U.S. government to m Read more »
“The annual herding and clubbing to death of still-nursing seal pups in Namibia has been criticized by veterinarians and scientists around the world” said Sheryl Fink, Director of IFAW’s Seal Program.
As the example of the C Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) is working with Learn to Earn (www.learntoearn.org.za), the Western Cape-based skills training and job creation organisation, which roped in 10 other non-profits to make the ribbons provid Read more »
Moments after the National Transitional Council (NTC) took control of the Libyan capital, IFAW’s focus turned to the animals living at the Tripoli Zoo. The zoo is located in very close proximity to Gadhafi’s former compound at Bab al-Aziz Read more »
The seizure weighs about 2,000 kgs and was hidden inside containers marked as crushed plastic.
Friday’s ivory confiscations were the fourth seizure in 14 days – during which time a staggering 3,194 elephant ivory tusks were taken into cu Read more »
First, the team tried to herd the animals back out to open water by dropping acoustic deterrents called pingers from a boat, but unfortunately this technique was unsuccessful and the pod of dolphins beached themselves despite their efforts.
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Responding to a request from the State of New York, IFAW is deploying two trained water rescue teams and a 36-foot rescue trailer - funded by a grant from Petfinder.com Foundation - carrying boats, dog crates, capture equipment and other supplies. Read more »
The dramatic need for the training was underlined earlier in the week when Tanzania, who sent two officers to the training, seized 1,041 elephant ivory tusks.
Canada is one of the leading countries which supports INTERPOL’s Environmental Crime Read more »
We Don’t Buy It! Nippon Suisan, Maruha And Kyokuyo’s Continuing Support For Japan’s Whaling Read more »
In 2006, the European Parliament requested that the European Commission draft a regulation to ban trade in products derived f Read more »
The recent implementation of a number of national bans on the importation of seal products, the on-going discussions of addit Read more »
Traditional Chinese Medicine has made contribution to human health historically, but it is also a learning and adaptive proce Read more »
The Precarious State of Arctic Marine Mammals in the United States Due to Global Warming Read more »
First Santiago Declaration By The Latin American Non Government Organizations For Whale Conservation
First Santiago Declaration By The Latin American Non Government Organizations For Whale Conservation Read more »
The Internet has become the world’s biggest marketplace, one that is open for business 24 hours a day, seven days a wee Read more »
I’m in Geneva for the first round of WTO hearings on Canada and Norway’s challenge of EU regulations Read more »
Despite nationwide uproar and the blight it places upon his state, Wisconsin judge Peter Anderson recently issued a final Read more »
The rate at which sharks are vanishing from the world’s oceans is reaching a tipping point.
Many shark populations Read more »
Monday February 18th was the first of three days of hearings at the World Trade Organization (WTO), where Canada and Norway Read more »
This year the Endangered Species Act (ESA) turns 40.
As card-carrying members of the Endangered Species Coalition, we at the Read more »
Ever imagined a flying elephant with sleek wings, not our dear friend Dumbo or a rock star with headphones?
When working Read more »
Six pre-selected elephants will be fitted with GPS satellite collars starting today in the 8,797 km2 Amboseli landscape by a Read more »
The planet’s remaining 20,000-25,000 polar bears are headed towards the precipice of extinction—one part at a Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has supported Tiertafel Deutschland e.V. since 2008. It is a charity that 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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