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Ewnetu Bilata, Director General of EWCA follows group discussions on one of the
Spotlight Ethiopia: arming wildlife crime busters with new knowledge and skills
3rd October 2012 Elizabeth Wamba
More than 30 Ethiopian law enforcement officials recently assembled for a five-day training workshop on the ways and means Read more »
Elephant calf rescued from Kanchanjuri.
Spotlight India: rhino poaching shocker as center staff focus on caring for rescued animals
3rd October 2012 Sashanka Barbaruah
Last week, massive floods engulfed Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India for the second time in two months, inundating Read more »
SLIDESHOW: Russian animal welfare fans celebrate the tiger
SLIDESHOW: Russian animal welfare fans celebrate the tiger
2nd October 2012 Anna Fillipova
The International Fund for Animal Welfare IFAW leads a program for the protection of tigers in the world. In the Far East, Read more »
ATE reinforces wells with concrete to prevent small elephants getting stuck, but
We are the village: elephant researchers turn rescuers in Amboseli
2nd October 2012 Vicki Fishlock
That famous African saying “it takes a village to raise a child” is very apt when we’re talking about Read more »
A rare sight on Cape Cod: a leatherback turtle strands
A rare sight on Cape Cod: a leatherback turtle strands
2nd October 2012 Brian Sharp
It’s not often an endangered leatherback turtle strands itself on a beach in Massachusetts. In fact, according to Read more »
Hard to believe we’re celebrating Animal Action Week’s twentieth anniversary
1st October 2012 Azzedine Downes
Today marks the start of the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Animal Action Week and the 20th birthday of IFAW Read more »
Another chance for polar bears?
Another chance for polar bears?
28th September 2012 Jeffrey Flocken
In 2010, at an international conservation convention in Doha, the nations of the world had the opportunity to put into place Read more »
WATCH: Actress Amber Valletta asks Californians to be on the look out for entangled whales
28th September 2012 Amber Valletta
I’m here at the Blue Ocean Film Festival in Monterey with the International Fund for Animal Welfare to raise Read more »
Elephants - too few or too many? Martin Meredith has a clear answer.
Book review: "The African Elephant" by Martin Meredith
27th September 2012 Dr. Ralf (Perry) Sonntag
I get involved in elephant discussions over and over again. During all those discussions one party insists that there are Read more »
VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of the Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Team
19th May 2011
While this job is physically demanding, and often emotionally exhausting all of our team members, along with dedicated Watch Video »
Political will is top down, capacity building is bottom up
23rd November 2010
As you know, the tiger is in trouble. That is why we are here at the International Tiger Forum in St. Petersburg. There are Watch Video »
Killer whales in Canada find a hole to swim through, let’s hope the minke are as lucky
11th January 2013
The above SkyTV video shows the killer whales surfacing through a hole in the ice to get access to air. Whales, dolphins Watch Video »
South Africa, New Thread in the Ivory Web?
South Africa, New Thread in the Ivory Web?
10th January 2012
Asian officials yesterday intercepted a large-scale consignment of illegal ivory shipped from Cape Town, South Africa – the second such haul in less than two months. And today, two Chinese nationals appeared in court in the city after they were Read more »
Online sting brings illegal wildlife traders to justice; IFAW applauds efforts of Operation Cyberwild
6th January 2012
Today, federal and California law enforcement officials filed charges against several people who were caught during “Operation Cyberwild.”  The online sting, run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Read more »
Time to face reality, end the commercial seal hunt
Time to face reality, end the commercial seal hunt
4th January 2012
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) wants Canada’s 2012 commercial seal hunt to be called off due to conservation concerns raised by a new scientific report showing that climate change is negatively impacting harp seal Read more »
Kidnapped Raptors Returned to Natural Habitat in Shanghai
Kidnapped raptors returned to their natural habitat in Shanghai
20th December 2011
The International Fund for Animal Welfare Beijing Raptor Rescue Center (IFAW BRRC) has rehabilitated and released two birds which were thought to be kidnapped from southern China and taken to Beijing. The grass owl and Asia barred owl, were found in Read more »
Death knell for the Canadian seal hunt: Russia bans trade in harp seal pelts
19th December 2011
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is applauding the news that Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Russian Federation have banned the import and export of harp seal skins.  Canada claims that Russia is one of the last two major remaining Read more »
15 tons of elephant Ivory seized in Malaysia add to staggering annual toll
15 tons of elephant Ivory seized in Malaysia add to staggering annual toll
13th December 2011
Malaysian authorities seized a staggering 15 tons of elephant ivory yesterday in Port Klang, just west of Kuala Lumpur, the sixth and by far the largest major seizure involving Malaysia in recent months. The seizure originated in Mombasa, Kenya and w Read more »
Wolf dogs rescued from chains in Alaska find new home in California
Wolf dogs rescued from chains in Alaska find new home in California
9th December 2011
 The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) announced today that 29 wolf dogs were rescued from a substandard breeding facility in Palmer, Alaska. Staff and volunteers from the Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC Read more »
Japan urged to recall whaling fleet and abandon dying whale meat industry
6th December 2011
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW- www.ifaw.org) is urging Japan to recall its whaling fleet which today left port for Antarctica to train its harpoons on around 1,000 whales. According to Japanese media reports, the country’s wha Read more »
IFAW Commends Chinese Government for Stopping Sale of Tiger Bone Wine
IFAW Commends Chinese Government for Stopping Sale of Tiger Bone Wine
3rd December 2011
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare—www.ifaw.org) applauds a Chinese government order which stopped the sale of hundreds of bottles of Tiger Bone Wine at an auction in Beijing today.  Beijing auction house Googut listed over 400 bo Read more »
Lion Petition Appendix A
Appendix A: Detailed results of data analysis
21st July 2010
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World of Animals Issue 4
World of Animals Issue 4
1st July 2010
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No Return To Cruelty
No Return To Cruelty
1st July 2010
No Return to Cruelty Publication Read more »
The Puppy Files: An investigation into the illegal trade of puppies
The Puppy Files: An investigation into the illegal trade of puppies
1st June 2010
The illegal trade in dogs is entwined with the legal trade, which makes it possible for large international networks to emerg Read more »
Assessing the hunting practices of Namibia’s commercial seal hunt
1st June 2010 Dr. David M. Lavigne
The annual hunt for the Cape fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus occurs at breeding colonies situated along Namibia Read more »
Annual Report 2010
Annual Report 2010
1st April 2010
Annual Report 2010  Read more »
An Analysis of the Object and Purpose of CITES and a Blueprint for Implementation
9th March 2010
An Analysis of the Object and Purpose of CITES and a Blueprint for Implementation Read more »
World of Animals Issue 3
World of Animals Issue 3
1st March 2010
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Elephants: Facts and Fables
Elephants: Facts and Fables
1st January 2010
In Elephants: Facts & Fables, Professor Rudi van Aarde notes that similar issues plague the debate over elephant conserva Read more »
The Canadian Senate may recommend a massive cull of grey seals.
BREAKING: Canadian Senate expected to endorse mass cull of grey seals
23rd October 2012 by Sheryl Fink
In October 2011, the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans was asked to undertake a study on the Management of Read more »
IFAW: Grey seal cull not supported by science
IFAW: Grey seal cull not supported by science
23rd October 2012 by
The Canadian Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans today released a report recommending a mass cull of 70,000 grey seals Read more »
Miss France recently attended the IFAW CAIR event in France.
Miss France lends her voice to our CAIR and Amboseli animal welfare efforts
22nd October 2012 by Delphine Wespiser
There’s an anecdote about my decision to get involved with IFAW: when I found out the Director was from Alsace like me Read more »
Benny is teaching us all about facing adversity with a positive attitude.
Finding a home for brave Benny will be easy, letting go will be the hard part
22nd October 2012 by Janice Hannah
Benny arrived on our Canadian Thanksgiving as expected and was at the vet’s office the next day for a diagnosis on his Read more »
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Hong Kong Ivory Seizure Smashes Deadly Records for Elephants
22nd October 2012 by
The seizure of a record-smashing 3,81 tonnes of illegal ivory in Hong Kong on Saturday – the largest ever in China and Read more »
Taz, one of the rescued tigers before loading on the transport to Indiana.
Rescue of Ohio owner's last two tigers brings a brief sense of peace
22nd October 2012 by Kelly Donithan
The sound of reassuring chuffs swirled in the evening air, mixing with buzz of mosquitos as the sun set in rural Indiana. Read more »
Big cat rescue efforts in Ohio come full circle this weekend
19th October 2012 by Kelly Donithan
If you’ve been following the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s animal rescue work, you may remember a Read more »
MEP David Martin (seated) learning about whale research on board Song of the Wha
Free Trade deal with EU can help end Japan's Whaling
19th October 2012 by Adrian Hiel
There are three remaining countries in the world that engage in the cruel practice of commercial whaling and two of them are Read more »
Grey seals in the Atlantic: To cull or not to cull?
Grey seals in the Atlantic: To cull or not to cull?
19th October 2012 by
A report on grey seals in the Atlantic and the issue of whether to cull. 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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