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At next week’s meeting, the International Fund for Animal Welfare is calling for new measures to be introduced to Read more »
This season has been rougher (windier) than previous years and it’s very frustrating because it also a whale rich year Read more »
Elkana is a bit of an outsider in the family because she doesn’t have any living female relatives, and she lost her Read more »
The U.S. is a country with nearly 78.2 million dogs. Last year, we spent almost $50 billion on our beloved companions, yet Read more »
My parents were sadly part of the significant minority who believed that you could get ivory without hurting the elephant Read more »
Whale family and pod members are separated from each other. Once removed from their natural environment, the whales are then Read more »
Despite the incredible challenges surrounding relief efforts in Libya at the moment, International Fund for Animal Welfare Read more »
“Did you just pick that up?!!” I exclaimed. He sheepish nodded yes and I gave him a high five. You would think Read more »
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 »
This brief video above from Euronews describes the scene at the Paris Natural History Museum.
If there’s any doubt Watch Video »
On Monday when they make presentations to the Department of Environment &
Tourism (DEAT) headed by Minister Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, a number of local and
international animal welfare groups and scientists will present their views on
why culli Read more »
Following a request for help from Chile’s Antofagasta University an
international team of experts from IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare -
www.ifaw.org) with experience in oiled
wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, arrived on the sc Read more »
Today’s decision follows the October vote in the Parliament’s Committee on
the Environment, which had turned down the Directive proposed by the Commission
considering it “very unsatisfactory” and describing it “difficu Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) today released the findings and documentary film evidence of its investigation into the captive breeding of large predators in South Africa.“Our evidence proves that captive bree Read more »
A morning ceremony in the Roseau Botanical Gardens celebrated the project.
Local veterinarians, police officers and volunteers who passed a training course
were awarded certificates. Several key government officials were in attendance
including: D Read more »
Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is currently on a three-day
official visit to Kenya and it is expected that his Government will follow-up on
the proposal made late last year when the Kenyan President visited Thailand.
“In January t Read more »
IFAW and other marine conservationists worldwide criticized today’s move,
which marks a sharp escalation in Japan’s whaling activities. Japan’s new,
self-allocated whaling quota will double the number of whales it kills each year Read more »
Whalers had been hunting since April, the earliest start to the whaling
season since Norway resumed commercial whaling in 1993, but they did not manage
to harpoon the full catch allowance of 796 set by the Norwegian Government. This
was despite tw Read more »
“While IFAW does not condone hunting we would welcome the adoption of
measures that would help to stamp out the rampant abuses we know to take place
in this industry,” said Jason Bell-Leask, Southern Africa Director of IFAW
(Internatio 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 »
As many of you may recall, last October, in Zanesville, Ohio, the owner of a backyard menagerie opened the cages of his Read more »
Today, bipartisan legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives that would prohibit breeding and private Read more »
The Antarctic Ocean Alliance, an international collective of environmental organizations and high-profile supporters, Read more »
We're out here, despite the torrential downpour because hundreds of cats need us desperately. This is our second day in Read more »
Chattel, in case you haven’t suffered through a property class in law school, is a word that simply means “ Read more »
Yaoundé, February 27th - 29th, 2012. Julie Landry, communications manager at the Internatioanl Fund for Animal Read more »
I always have a book with me when I travel. Most times I pick one up at the airport and choose something not too heavy Read more »
What began as a quiet conversation in the lobby of a hotel during the Global Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia in Read more »
Last week, I participated in a conference call with the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA 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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