All Press Releases for Wildlife trade

Ivory DNA study sheds light on escalating international trade
26th February 2007
The ivory targeted for sampling, representative of approximately 3,000- 6,500 elephants, was confiscated in Singapore. By current estimations of customs authorities, a mere 10% of contraband products (guns, drugs, etc.) are intercepted. Presently, Read more »
IFAW implores Japan to recall fire-damaged whaling fleet
23rd February 2007
Japan’s government-sponsored whaling fleet is currently in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, where it is hunting a self allocated quota of more than 900 whales. The Southern Ocean Sanctuary is a marine preserve established in 1994 to protect wha Read more »
Three Siberian Tiger Cubs Rescued in the Russian Far East
21st February 2007
Last weekend two cubs were found by a logger and a truck driver on the roads of the Chuguyewski district in the Primorye region. The young tigers were so exhausted from hunger and frost that they did not flee from the men. “These tigers Read more »
Nearly 150 lbs of illegal ivory intercepted at Beijing airport
19th February 2007
The passenger, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was standing in the nothing-to-declare customs line at the Beijing Capital International Airport, when the surprise inspection was conducted.  Elephants are protected under an Appendix I li Read more »
Arrests Made in Record Japan Ivory Haul
8th February 2007
While claims have previously been made by the CITES (Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species) Secretariat that Japan no longer has significant involvement in the ivory trade industry, this 2.8 ton seizure clearly disproves such Read more »
Ivory tusks from endangered African elephants.
8th February 2007
The statement has been welcomed by IFAW as a sign of the growing opposition to Canada’s cruel commercial seal hunt, which is now the biggest marine mammal hunt in the world. During last year’s hunt more than 350,000 seals were killed a Read more »