All Press Releases for Wildlife trade

IFAW, Environment Canada and INTERPOL in Botswana at the Front Lines of the War on Wildlife Trafficking
29th August 2011
The dramatic need for the training was underlined earlier in the week when Tanzania, who sent two officers to the training, seized 1,041 elephant ivory tusks. Canada is one of the leading countries which supports INTERPOL’s Environmental Crime Read more »
1,041 elephant tusks seized on Zanzibar Island
25th August 2011
The record-setting seizure comes as 27 wildlife law enforcement officials from 11 Southern African countries gather in Gaborone, Botswana this week to undergo a joint IFAW and INTERPOL training session on the prevention of illegal trade in wildlife. Read more »
New Poll: Americans want cameras, not rifles, aimed at African lions
16th August 2011
“Americans would much prefer to point and shoot a camera at a lion rather than a gun,” said Jeff Flocken, DC Office Director, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org), which commissioned the poll.  “More than Read more »
Kenya burns, but Europe still covets Ivory
19th July 2011
A recent International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) survey of websites in the UK, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Germany, found a thriving in trade in ivory items – the legality of most of which is questionable. Read more »
Rhinos suffer as latest victims of the illicit wildlife trade
18th July 2011
“Across Europe, thieves are targeting museums to steal antique rhino horns.  These crimes obviously have grave implications for museum collections and visitors, as well as the Earth’s rhinos, who are being slaughtered to near extinct Read more »
Training for Horn of Africa Government Officials to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade
1st July 2011
Jointly organised by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock & Fishery Resources in Djibouti, the training aims to cover issues on status of species, magnitude of Read more »