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As few as 32,000 African lions are believed to remain in the wild today.
Over the last 30 years, African countries with the Read more »
Today, the D.C. Court of Appeals supported the ban on the importation of polar bear trophies, rejecting separate appeals by Read more »
Two U.S.-based environmental groups have declared their intent to sue the federal government over just that – intent. Read more »
Over the past decade, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has worked tirelessly alongside the US Government to Read more »
IFAW President & CEO Azzedine Downes discusses some of the challenges and opportunities we face in helping to protect Watch Video »
In the video above, IFAW CEO & President Azzedine Downes speaks with INTERPOL at their headquarters in Lyon, France. 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 the video above, IFAW CEO Azzedine Downes offers some thoughts from the floor of the CITES CoP 16 meeting in Bangkok, Watch Video »
A new report released today analyzes literature on the economics of trophy hunting and reveals that African countries and rural communities derive very little benefit from trophy hunting revenue. The study, authored by Economists at Large—commi Read more »
Last night the German Bundestag voted unanimously to stick to the existing pan-European trade regulation on commercial seal products. The vote is in response to the WTO (World Trade Organization) challenge brought by Canada and Norway. The lawsuit is Read more »
Queen legend Brian May will address a mass gathering of badgers – or at least humans in badger masks – on London’s streets on Saturday June 1st to protest against the imminent badger cull.
May and Bill Oddie will join thousands of p Read more »
This past Friday, the Detroit Tigers organization posted photos on its Facebook page of its star players handling a tiger cub at a spring training camp.
Tracy Coppola, Campaigns Officer, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org), iss Read more »
IFAW celebrated the historic decision today by the 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP 16) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to give greater protection to sharks.
“This is a trem Read more »
As the 16th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok comes to a close, IFAW is celebrating an historic CoP that left polar bears in the cold but brought additional protection to Read more »
It’s been more than 40 years since a small group of concerned citizens banded together to stop Canada’s cruel com Read more »
A new report released today analyzes literature on the economics of trophy hunting and reveals that African countries and Read more »
As few as 32,000 African lions are believed to remain in the wild today.
Over the last 30 years, African countries with the Read more »
Today, the D.C. Court of Appeals supported the ban on the importation of polar bear trophies, rejecting separate appeals by Read more »
Two U.S.-based environmental groups have declared their intent to sue the federal government over just that – intent. Read more »
