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In January, as hordes of new Members of Congress were being sworn into the House of Representatives, one Congressional Read more »
Today Canada’s Fisheries Minister, Gail Shea, announced that Canada is launching a formal challenge of the EU ban on the Read more »
So I took Gracie to the orthopedic surgeon for a second opinion about her broken leg. From my vet’s x-rays, you could see Read more »
It’s been a hectic three days already of counting elephants and other large mammals in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem. So Read more »
As our plane took off from Nairobi, I resisted the urge to pinch myself - I was finally going to see the famous Amboseli Read more »
Now that more carers are making their way back to their homes, we are starting to hear of more wildlife issues. I suspect Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare communications officer in China, Lisa Hua is quoted in this Sky News article Read more »
Cora Bailey and Moses are on their way back from a mobile when they spot a cart pulled by a donkey. It is the same cart Read more »
As part of the campaigning work we do at IFAW, we often brief politicians to raise awareness of these same issues and to Read more »
As 2012 comes to an end, and the scale of the work we have ahead sinks in, this highlight video produced by our Watch Video »
In this short video, produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the author and supporting staff interviewed Watch Video »
On November 27, three young tigers appeared near a military unit located 8 km away from Yakovlevka village, Primorsky krai Watch Video »
In the video above, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asks for your support of Wildlife Conservation Day.
As Watch Video »
Following the success of the 21st International Conference on Bear Research and Management held last week in Delhi, today Watch Video »
In this short video, the International Fund for Animal Welfare Animal Rescue team including members from the Animal Rescue Watch Video »
If you’ve been following the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s animal rescue work, you may remember a Watch Video »
In the video above, Peter Pueschel, International Fund for Animal Welfare Programme Director, describes the massive impact Watch Video »
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with the Canadian government
in this important project,” IFAW Canada campaigner Barbara Cartwright said.
The Canadian Wildlife Service recently retired 228 Motorola PT 300
radios used t Read more »
Only two days ago, IFAW applauded initiatives taken by the Beijing Forestry
Bureau to ban the eating of wildlife in Beijing restaurants and markets. But, at
a seminar held recently in Beijing by the State Forestry Administration in
Beijing talk of Read more »
The municipal order bans the eating and serving of more than 1800 species of
wildlife in restaurants and street stands. The prohibition list includes key
protected species such as snakes, civet cats, pangolins and turtles as well as
those that are Read more »
The MPs, from all parties, signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for urgent
international action to address the bushmeat crisis. At current levels, bushmeat
hunting could drive our closest animal relatives, Africa’s great apes (gorillas, Read more »
The five-person expert IFAW team began to arrive in Baghdad a week ago, and now
includes vets and logistical experts and has many years experience in handling
difficult and dangerous situations to bring care to animals in need. The
international I Read more »
Three islands - Ons, Cies and Salvora – form the new National Maritime Atlantic
Islands Park and are the most important nesting and migration locations for
birds in the region.Tens of thousands of birds inhabit and visit the
island and nearb Read more »
The whales stranded once again with the falling tide and veterinary experts
determined the animals were too weak to survive another rescue attempt. By late
afternoon, the difficult decision was made to euthanize the remaining animals
and end their Read more »
The stranded whales were discovered at six o’clock in the morning as low tide
was approaching on the North side of Cape Cod. Member organizations of the Cape
Cod Stranding Network immediately responded to the situation. More than 100
volunte Read more »
The chimpanzee, nicknamed “Commando” and of the sub-species Schwienfurthii, is
roughly two years of age, based on dental development, but due his poor state of
health is so severely stunted in growth, that rescuers initially estimated h Read more »
IFAW approaches helping communities care for their dogs and cats by working with community leaders and local partners to ensu Read more »
Over the past decade, the public has increasingly moved from
buying their dogs in person to buying their pet dogs online.
T Read more »
Around the world, safe wild places for bears are disappearing. Mankind is destroying bear habitat at an alarming rate, and to Read more »
Killing with Keystrokes 2.0: IFAW's investigation into the European online ivory trade surveyed websites in the UK, Franc Read more »
This post was filed by Kristin Ohman who is a member of the Nyangumi Humpback Research Team working throughout the next few Read more »
When the piggy has enough money she will call Dr. Sandra Valdez who will ask vet friends to donate their time for a weekend Read more »
This post was filed by Kristin Ohman who is a member of the Nyangumi Humpback Research Team working throughout the next few Read more »
UPDATE: 8.5.11
From IFAW-WTI field communications officer in Northeast India, Sashanka Barbaruah:
As the precocious baby Read more »
Northern fires. Lots of them and big ones. If you have been reading the paper or listening to the news, you will have heard Read more »
What would it be like if the lion population really did vanish completely? If you wanted to travel to the African plains and Read more »
Officials issued a notice that they would ban dogs in three districts of Jiangmen and confiscate and kill all dogs in those Read more »
A supporter nearly shouts over the phone receiver, ”All Jiangmen city dogs will be culled. Please help”! Appeals Read more »
The data in DFO’s own report raises the question: If cod mortality does not track to grey seal numbers, how could a 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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