Watch our 6 best animal welfare moments – 2012 edition

Azzedine Downes — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:20:24 +0000

Azzedine Downes

Sun, 12/30/2012

As 2012 comes to an end, and the scale of the work we have ahead sinks in, this highlight video produced by our communications staff gives me such hope.

The people featured in this video are members of the dedicated teams of International Fund for Animal Welfare staff who work tirelessly around the world year in and year out to protect and rescue thousands of animals in need and crisis.

Last ones out: wild animal sanctuary’s feral cats finally find new homes

Gail A Brunzo — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:36:23 +0000

Gail A Brunzo

Mon, 12/24/2012

The Wild Animal Orphanage (WAO) in Northwest San Antonio Texas was forced to close due to a financial crisis.

The sanctuary is empty now.

It reminds us of a ghost town with the empty enclosures, quiet machinery and overgrown pathways. The only sound is birds singing in the trees.

Northern Dogs slideshow: the "Final Four" feral pups each find forever homes

Janice Hannah — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:28:21 +0000

Janice Hannah

Fri, 12/21/2012

Spotlight Canada: Toronto Islands magic transforms dogs from abandoned to adopted

Michelle Cliffe — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:02:31 +0000

Michelle Cliffe

Thu, 12/20/2012

Mark Twain once said, “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”

Helping dogs and cats in Playa del Carmen

adintino — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:58:37 +0000

Publication Date:

Tue, 12/18/2012

IFAW approaches helping communities care for their dogs and cats by working with community leaders and local partners to ensure sustainable, locally relevant solutions. In our recent launch of a project to help animals in Playa del Carmen, we’ve partnered with Coco’s Cat Rescue which rescues and adopts homeless kittens, and which runs a sterilization clinic that provides the main source of spay and neuter surgeries for local animal rescue groups.

In the Philippines, Typhoon Pablo serves as a vivid reminder of why we reach out after disasters

Jennifer Gardner — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:29:14 +0000

Jennifer Gardner

Sun, 12/16/2012

Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental and Agusan del Sur are areas that many people would not be able to point out on a map.

When I heard that these were the areas hardest hit by Typhoon Bopha, locally known as Pablo, I had to look them up.