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Her name is Tiffy. But I’m calling her Pippi -- as in Longstocking -- because that is a ridiculous name for a short Read more »
UPDATE: 10.4.11 Sura means "New Life" and that’s quite literally what this girl has found herself. This is Read more »
A slightly less known migration is one that takes place once a month right here in Europe. This migration involves several Read more »
After two months of good and steady information, the satellite tracking info started showing that Jason suddenly separated Read more »
Look into the face of a smiling child and it makes you happy. Gaze upon 10 smiling children, it’s joy. But when you Read more »
I was deeply saddened to learn the news today that Professor Wangari Maathai of Kenya, the first woman from Africa and first Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare Marine Mammal Research and Rescue team was able to remove the mystery whale skull Read more »
By imposing minimum reporting requirements on the owners of all tigers – not just purebreds -- authorities create the Read more »
We come to learn from the journalist that after the raid, the policy promptly left the journalist standing outside the 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 »
Elephant populations in West and Central Africa are some of the continent’s
most vulnerable and most depleted. Only about three percent of Africa’s
elephants can be found in the region, less than 20,000 individuals – where once
h Read more »
More than 5,000 big cats are kept in facilities licensed by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) and it is estimated that thousands more are kept as pets.
“We’ve seen too many tragedies that could have been prevented,” Read more »
The Animal Rescue Blog (www.animalrescueblog.org) will bring
readers into the trenches of on- the-ground animal rescue efforts in disaster
affected areas such as Lebanon and Israel, Indonesia and India. The Animal
Rescue Blog will provide a single Read more »
The team of scientists and volunteers from Iceland, UK and as far afield as
Trinidad, has been using modern, non-invasive research techniques to gather
important data on the many species of whales found in Icelandic waters.
Sightings have included Read more »
Rep. Ryun worked closely with IFAW to draft the legislation after a fatal attack
last year in Kansas. The Congressman named the bill ‘Haley’s Act’ in
memory of Haley Hilderbrand, a 17-year-old killed last August at a
federa Read more »
In early May, several hundred oiled Magellanic penguins began washing ashore
in the Cabo Virgenes Nature Reserve in Argentina, about 1,700 miles (2,750
kilometers) southwest of Buenos Aires near the southernmost tip of Patagonia. A
team from IFAW Read more »
“This is our fifth painted plane,” said Cape Air President Dan Wolf. “We love
taking art off the walls and into the skies and having IFAW as a partner this
time around along with Jürek’s artistry in his depiction of the Read more »
“It is high time Namibia stopped culling Cape Fur seals,” said Jason Bell-Leask,
IFAW Director Southern Africa. The Namibian Government justifies
its annual seal hunt by claiming that the seal population poses a threat to the
loca Read more »
The Big Fix Rig is part of a $3.2 million effort funded by the ASPCA, The
Humane Society of the United States, PetSmart Charities, International Fund for
Animal Welfare, and United Animal Nations to increase the number of affordable
and accessible 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 »
The above slideshow contains photos of Maju and Raja, two young rhinos who were rehabilitated at the International Read more »
Tough day yesterday as more cats passed away from illnesses never treated. A vast majority of the 700 cats are very ill, Read more »
The mass stranding event of common dolphins in Cape Cod that started in January 12, 2012 officially Read more »
Four bear cubs were brought to the International Fund for Animal Welfare bear rescue center from the Central Forest Nature Read more »
In a casual conversation today, I learned that some of my colleagues were unaware that today is International Women’s Read more »
About 16 miles off the coast of Uganda, in Lake Victoria, lies Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Read more »
On February 16th, The Jakarta Post published the article “Bali lowers rabies alert level: Good news or bad?”- Read more »
This is an yet unpublished letter to the editor of Australia’s The Age in response to the March 2nd opinion written by Read more »
Recently, I had the privilege of representing the International Fund for Animal Welfare at the launch of 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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