Determined to avoid animals starving in Cyprus, funds finally reach shelters

Submitted by J.C. Bouvier on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 5:47pm
Sonja Van Tichelen
Mon, 04/08/2013
Determined to avoid animals starving in Cyprus, funds finally reach shelters

Disasters affecting people and animals can happen anywhere at any time.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare has a great team of people trained and experienced in going to dangerous places to help animals recover – places like Tripoli during the fighting in Libya or Haiti after the earthquake or even Fukushima after the tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster there.

WATCH: mother rhino and little one reunited in India

Submitted by J.C. Bouvier on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 12:36pm
Dr. Ian Robinson
Mon, 04/08/2013

In this brief video above you can hear the IFAW-WTI team member and in this instance also camera person, Bhaskar Choudhury, making baby rhino noises, then we see the new baby rhino and her mother reunited after a short separation. 

This post about a recent rhino calf birth was submitted by Sheren Shrestha, IFAW-WTI staff working in India. - IR

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First wild rhino calf born in India to a mother hand-raised by IFAW-WTI

Submitted by Alison Dintino on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 12:00pm
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First wild rhino calf born in India to a mother hand-raised by IFAW-WTI
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First wild rhino calf born in India to a mother hand-raised by IFAW-WTI

A healthy, female calf has been born in Manas National Park, to a rhinoceros hand-raised by IFAW-WTI as an orphan and moved to the park as part of a species reintroduction.

“This is the first calf born in the wild in India from a rhino that had been hand-raised, rehabilitated and released to the wild,” said Azzedine Downes, president and CEO of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW -  www.ifaw.org).

Press Location: 
Manas, India
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Press Contact: 
Sheren Shrestha (WTI)
Christina Pretorius (IFAW SA)
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+91 120 414 3900
+27 21 701 8642
Contact mobile: 
+91 097 18829595
+27 82 330 2558
Contact email: 
sheren@wti.org.in
cpretorius@ifaw.org

Emergency cash sent to Cyprus to save animals threatened by starvation during financial crisis

Submitted by Alison Dintino on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 10:02am
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Emergency cash sent to Cyprus to save animals threatened by starvation during fi

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) has sent desperately needed emergency funds to Cyprus to help feed animals facing starvation because of the current financial crisis.

Press Location: 
Brussels, Belgium
Press Contact
Press Contact: 
Adrian Hiel (IFAW EU)
Contact mobile: 
+32 (0)473 86 34 61
Contact email: 
ahiel@ifaw.org

Emergency cash sent to Cyprus to save animals threatened by starvation during financial crisis

Submitted by Sylvie Vandereyd on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 7:02am
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The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) has sent desperately needed emergency funds to Cyprus to help feed animals facing starvation because of the current financial crisis.

Press Location: 
Brussels, Belgium
Press Contact
Press Contact: 
Adrian Hiel (IFAW EU)
Contact phone: 
+32 2 282 06 93
Contact mobile: 
+32 473 86 34 61
Contact email: 
ahiel@ifaw.org

Tierheime auf Zypern wegen Finanzkrise in Not

Submitted by Doerte von der Reith on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 6:12am
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Auch die Tiere leiden, wenn es den Menschen schlecht geht
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Auch die Tiere leiden, wenn es den Menschen schlecht geht

Der IFAW (Internationaler Tierschutz-Fonds) reagiert auf Hilferufe von Tierheimen in Zypern und unterstützt diese mit einem Notfall-Fonds. Aufgrund der Finanzkrise sind die Heime nicht länger in der Lage, genügend Futter für die Tiere zu kaufen - ohne finanzielle Hilfe droht den Tieren der Hungertod.

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Press Contact: 
Dörte von der Reith
Contact phone: 
040-86650033
Contact mobile: 
0160-90486493
Contact email: 
dreith@ifaw.org

At UN, a welcome treaty on small arms trade could benefit threatened wildlife

Submitted by J.C. Bouvier on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 4:34pm
Paul Todd
Mon, 04/08/2013
At UN, a welcome treaty on small arms trade could benefit threatened wildlife

Elephant ivory held in an African storeroom.The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a new treaty aimed at regulating the global trade in conventional weapons – handguns, small and large-caliber assault rifles, and even tanks, helicopters and small aircraft, to name a few. 

Welcome noise reduction steps taken for whales at the International Maritime Organization

Submitted by Jason Hart on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 1:27pm
Vassili Papastavrou
Mon, 04/08/2013
The headquarters of IMO are in London, south of the river Thames overlooking th

The headquarters of IMO are in London, south of the river Thames overlooking the Houses of Parliament. The distinctive sculpture of a ship’s bow is by Michael Sandle. Photo: V Papastavrou.

IFAW calls on Japan to end its cruel whaling for good as fleet returns with lowest catch

Submitted by Alison Dintino on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 10:38am
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IFAW calls on Japan to end its cruel whaling for good as fleet returns with lowe
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IFAW calls on Japan to end its cruel whaling for good as fleet returns with lowe

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) is urging Japan to abandon its dying whaling industry as the fleet returns to port with its lowest Antarctic catch since ‘scientific whaling’ began in 1987.

Press Location: 
London, UK
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Press Contact: 
Clare Sterling (IFAW UK)
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+44 (0)20 7587 6708
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+44 (0)7917 507717
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csterling@ifaw.org

Nieuwe mobiele dierenkliniek in Mexico kan meer dieren dan ooit bereiken

Submitted by Vriend Vriend on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 10:04am
Hanna Lentz
Mon, 04/01/2013
De nieuwe mobiele dierenkliniek en medewerkers in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

De nieuwe mobiele dierenkliniek en medewerkers in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

In het najaar van 2010 reden projectleiders Joaquin de la Torre en Erika Flores door Playa del Carmen, Mexico, toen ze langs de weg een hond zagen staan die een en al wanhoop uitstraalde.

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