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On Friday, November 4, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and five other major environmental and animal welfare Read more »
If you thought that the illegal ivory trade was something that happened in far away places in Africa and Asia, then the news Read more »
I was out in California recently and was able to pay a quick visit to the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC) down near LA Read more »
I bought my first mobile phone in 2000. It cost $150 for the handset and $15 for a sim card — quite a fortune then! It Read more »
The overall theme of this meeting, as the German Environment Minister just said via videolink, is to “Act Now.” Read more »
With more than 800 million product listings and more than 370 million registered users, Taobao Marketplace is the largest Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) relies on our Emergency Relief Network of animal welfare organizations and Read more »
From the production's description: "As a whole, the world's five species of rhinos make up the most critically Read more »
Back in January of this year, Canada’s then-Fisheries Minister Gail Shea announced to great fanfare and media Read more »
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 »
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 »
The protests were sent after St. Kitts and Nevis Fisheries Minister Cedric
Liburd suggested that Caribbean nations should commercially hunt whales in order
to offer the whale meat to tourists.“More than 65,000 people around the world – Read more »
“Big business appears to have won the day in ensuring that canned hunting
will continue virtually unchecked and even given a veneer of respectability by
this new bill,” said Jason Bell-Leask, Southern Africa Director of IFAW
(Internati Read more »
The return was stopped by the Department of Science and Technology 36 hours
before the gorillas were due to return to Cameroon early Wednesday morning 13th
of December. "We understand that in terms of CITES, South Africa,
as the recipient sta Read more »
Whale watch operators from Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe,
St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as well as hotel and tourism
associations from Dominica and St. Lucia
participated. “CARIBwhale’s mission is Read more »
“The gorillas and their caregivers depart for Cameroon on a scheduled Kenya Airways flight
early on the morning of 13 December 2006,” says Christina Pretorius,
Communications Manager for IFAW Southern Africa. The gorillas are
to b Read more »
On Friday, December 1, 2006, the Latin American Meeting on Cetacean
Conservation was held in the city of Buenos Aires. It was hosted by the Republic
of Argentina through Ambassador Eduardo Iglesias, the Argentinean Commissioner
to the Internationa Read more »
Caring for a pet is a lifelong commitment. Don’t assume your loved one
wants or will accept that responsibility.Choosing a pet is a personal experience that requires research and
discovering which pet is a good match for the adopter Read more »
The new Gallup poll was commissioned by the International Fund for Animal
Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) in light of
Iceland’s resumption of commercial whaling. Despite little market
for meat from Iceland’s so-called “scient Read more »
Despite global outcry against the hunting of whales and a ban on whaling
since 1986, Minister Liburd indicated at a recent meeting of Caribbean
government officials that the region should follow Japan’s lead and kill whales
for their m 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 »
The illicit trade in wildlife is not only a serious global environmental crime with profoundly negative impacts for endangere Read more »
Government officials, conservationists, animal rescuers and celebrities joined in a celebration today to mark the 10-year Read more »
The Kenya Wildlife Service and the International Fund for Animal Welfare recently collared nine elephants--six males and Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) condemns the Canadian government's decision to provide $3.6 million in Read more »
Imagine a future in which endangered whales could use iPads and iPhones to call captains on the bridge of large ships and Read more »
Every year in my hands gets the treasure. Precious, beautiful, sincere children's drawings, each written with love, care Read more »
Earlier this month, I had a chance to travel to the Middle East and to visit the International Fund for Animal Welfare Read more »
Extending a Lifeline - Elephants orphaned by conflict, penguins affected by climate change, dogs and cats stranded after Read more »
Almost eight months after war exploded all around them, the animals at the Tripoli Zoo have finally found peace.
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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