http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/theme/everything/rss.xml/1/21 en http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/sparkles-light-china-are-illuminating-darkness-ignorance-animal-welfare <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/united-states/about-us/elephants/grace-ge-gabriel">Grace Ge Gabriel</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Tue, 06/11/2013</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node-body"><p><img alt="By simply making Chinese people aware that every piece of ivory comes from a dead elephant, IFAW’s ad campaign “Mom, I have teeth” successfully reduced the high risk segment of people—those who are most likely to buy ivory—down almost by half, from 54% to 26%.</p /> </p></div><p><a href="http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/sparkles-light-china-are-illuminating-darkness-ignorance-animal-welfare" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Elephants Wildlife trade Elephants China elephant Ivory trade Wildlife Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:33:54 +0000 Grace Ge Gabriel 93501 at http://www.ifaw.org http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/trophy-hunter-faces-empty-mantel-exploits-legal-ivory-trade-violate-endangered-species-act <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/united-states/node/2996">Beth Allgood</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Wed, 06/05/2013</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node-body"><p><img alt="Kokesh legally imported an African elephant trophy mount from Namibia. He then illegally sold the two tusks (similar to the confiscated tusks pictured here) to a buyer in Florida for $8,100 and proceeded to falsely describe the illegal sale in an email to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)." class="caption" longdesc="Kokesh legally imported an African elephant trophy mount from Namibia.</p /> </p></div><p><a href="http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/trophy-hunter-faces-empty-mantel-exploits-legal-ivory-trade-violate-endangered-species-act" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Elephants Wildlife trade Political advocacy Elephants African elephants illegal wildlife trade African elephants illegal wildlife trade Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:53:55 +0000 Beth Allgood 93101 at http://www.ifaw.org http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/science-saving-elephants-%E2%80%93-international-partnership-helps-preserve-amboseli-elephants <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-label">Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Tue, 05/28/2013</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image-optional"> <div class="field-label">Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_image_optional" width="300" height="200" title="Science Saving Elephants – International Partnership Helps Preserve Amboseli Elephants" alt="Science Saving Elephants – International Partnership Helps Preserve Amboseli El" src="http://www.ifaw.org/sites/default/files/SFS_XKP103_MR_300px.jpg?1369749641" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node-body"><p>Science is taking the lead to secure habitat for elephants and other wildlife in Kenya&rsquo;s Amboseli National Park.</p> </div><p><a href="http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/science-saving-elephants-%E2%80%93-international-partnership-helps-preserve-amboseli-elephants" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Elephants Wildlife trade Elephants Anboseli elephants illegal wildlife trade Kenya Wildlife Services KWS SFS The School for Field Studies Tue, 28 May 2013 13:10:38 +0000 adintino 92696 at http://www.ifaw.org http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/community-ranger-graduations-mark-proud-moment-helping-protect-amboseli-elephants <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/united-states/about-us/elephants/evan-mkala">Evan Mkala </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Tue, 05/28/2013</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node-body"><p><img alt="The graduates with Chairman Leturesh." class="caption" src="/sites/default/files/wordpress/Graduands-with-their-Chairman-1.jpg" style="width: 350px; height: 249px;" title="The graduates with Chairman Leturesh." />The loud voice of the parade commander and a booming brass band fill the air, competing with the melodies of chirping birds.</p> </div><p><a href="http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/community-ranger-graduations-mark-proud-moment-helping-protect-amboseli-elephants" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Elephants Wildlife trade Education Elephants Amboseli elephant elephant protection gratuates guards Fri, 24 May 2013 16:37:16 +0000 Evan Mkala 92641 at http://www.ifaw.org http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/protection-sharks-going-forward-unfortunately-only-slowly <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/united-states/about-us/whales/dr-ralf-perry-sonntag">Dr. Ralf (Perry) Sonntag</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Fri, 05/24/2013</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node-body"><p><img alt="" class="caption" src="/sites/default/files/wordpress/whaleshark_2013-05-16.jpg" style="width: 350px; height: 263px; float: left;" title="Whalesharks are often bycatch in tuna fishing." /></p> <p>Just now I am attending the conference of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) on Mauritius.</p> </div><p><a href="http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/protection-sharks-going-forward-unfortunately-only-slowly" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wildlife trade chain CITES conservation fining food hammerhead regulations sharks soup Thu, 16 May 2013 15:01:25 +0000 Dr. Ralf (Perry) Sonntag 92071 at http://www.ifaw.org http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/after-international-outcry-five-baby-elephants-spared-lifetime-misery-chinese-zoo <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/united-states/about-us/elephants/grace-ge-gabriel">Grace Ge Gabriel</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thu, 05/23/2013</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node-body"><p><img alt="A happy ending: After their release into the wild, the captured baby elephants have been adopted by adult females within a herd which bodes well for their long-term survival." class="caption" longdesc="A happy ending: After their release into the wild, the captured baby elephants have been adopted by adult females within a herd which bodes well for their long-term survival." src="/sites/default/files/elephants-reduced-4_0.jpg" style="width: 350px; height: 526px;" title="A happy ending: After their release into the wild, the captured baby elephants have been adopted by adult female</p /> </p></div><p><a href="http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/after-international-outcry-five-baby-elephants-spared-lifetime-misery-chinese-zoo" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Elephants Wildlife trade Education Elephants baby elephant China conservation East enforcement far Ivory trade zoo Image baby elephant zoo Tue, 21 May 2013 16:08:37 +0000 Grace Ge Gabriel 92481 at http://www.ifaw.org