United States
Africa
Australia
Canada
Deutschland
Español
European Union
France
International
Nederland
United Kingdom
Россия
中国
日本語News: Home
On 26 July 2011, several news outlets reported that Victor Gordon, a Philadelphia African art-store owner, was arrested by Read more »
Authorities said Gordon paid a co-conspirator to buy raw elephant ivory in Africa and have it carved to his specifications. Read more »
UDPATE: 8.9.11 - On July 23-24, 2011, Six confiscated orphan Grauer's gorillas, aged 5-8 years old, were moved from a Read more »
This is an amazing family and I was fortunate to get to help them load MAX into his new shiny car that already held all Read more »
In this blog, I will concentrate on four of my study families: the AA, EA, GB and JA families. Elephants in Amboseli are Read more »
After the first working day, the weather turned bad, and continued with the fog and wind for a week.
However, we had lots Read more »
Most of my previous posts have been concerned with introducing the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, my particular study Read more »
On the heels of the grizzly bear airlift in British Columbia, the International Fund for Animal Welfare's (IFAW) Read more »
Jewels such as Liwonde have the potential to contribute enormously to Malawi’s economy and reputation as one of 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 »
During natural disasters, animals are often lost or owners are forced to
leave them behind during mandatory evacuations. Local animal groups, whose own
facilities have been devastated or destroyed, have requested assistance to deal
with the overwh Read more »
“Massive flooding in the city of Mumbai and areas in Gujarat and Maharashtra
has already killed thousands of animals,” said Anand Ramanathan, IFAW Emergency
Relief operations manager. “In response, IFAW and the Wildlife Trust of I Read more »
The Tibetan antelope is one of the flagship species of China’s Qinghai-Tibet,
China Plateau and is highly endangered. By the mid-1990s its population had
plummeted, from an estimated 2 million at the turn of 20th century, to merely
75,0 Read more »
Every single day thousands of wild animals and animal parts – from live
chimpanzees and huge ivory tusks to tiny dried seahorses – are illegally traded
in cyberspace. IFAW conducted a three-month investigation which showed that, in
a s Read more »
This year’s conference, hosted by Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research,
brings together 250 of the world’s leading professional oiled wildlife
responders to collaborate on oil spill prevention initiatives, contingency
planning and oile Read more »
“The support we have received from Zodiac has been invaluable in our efforts
to save hundreds of oiled seabirds throughout the world and to protect
endangered whales. We are gratified by Zodiac’s commitment as a pioneering,
responsible Read more »
“It is very disappointing that an elephant was nearly killed by poachers
within a protected nature reserve,” said Dr. Zhang Li IFAW’s Director of China,
“Stronger measures must be taken to tackle wildlife poaching in the nat Read more »
Taronga and Melbourne zoos also agreed to not move the eight Asian elephants
from Thailand until an appeal has been completed.
IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare), RSPCA Australia and Humane
Society International (HS Read more »
Ecomessage, a new Interpol reporting system designed in collaboration with
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org), allows real-time access to
wildlife crime information among law enforcement agencies worldwide. Ecomessage 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 trial of two men accused of burying a dog alive on the sports field of a Cape Town school, begins on Friday 13th January Read more »
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare—www.ifaw.org) applauds an emergency notice from China’s State Read more »
This week, following a court challenge, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revoked a seven year-old exemption that among Read more »
Asian officials yesterday intercepted a large-scale consignment of illegal ivory shipped from Cape Town, South Africa Read more »
As A Shawl to Die For, a documentary on Vimeo, amply shows, it’s possible to conserve wildlife while also helping Read more »
Public health officers in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, are taking action against people who keep wild animals in their homes Read more »
Yesterday morning, federal and State of California law enforcement officials filed charges against 12 people for allegedly Read more »
When the International Fund for Animal Welfare first requested access to some European Commission documents little did we Read more »
Recently, I met up with Steve Njumbi, Head of Programmes at the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Steve was trained Read more »
Media Contact
IFAW experts are available for comment on a wide array of animal welfare topics both as a general resource and for media interviews.
Contact IFAW Experts
In the news
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 »
Image libraries
Image library
IFAW maintains a growing archive of thousands of hours of broadcast-quality video footage and digital photographs as well as corporate logos. Visit our library »
Creative commons images
We have made some of our most requested animal photos available for download in IFAW’s Creative Commons image set. You are free to download, reproduce, distribute or display them within the terms of the Creative Commons license.
See the images and license »
