Programmes
Based in science and rooted in local communities, our international programmes deliver immediate and lasting impacts for animals, people, and the planet. We ensure each programme is economically viable, globally scalable, and feasible in the long term.
Local communities can provide powerful protection.
We work to shutdown wildlife crime wherever it happens, including online.
65%
of Europeans support a ban on ivory trade, yet it's still legal.
Wildlife Crime
Wildlife Crime
It’s tragic, and it must be stopped. Our global network is on the frontlines to ensure that animals have the protection they need.
Learn moreIFAW's Disaster Response Grants offer both physical and financial support during moments of crisis - when animals and people need us the most.
Disaster Response & Risk Reduction
Disaster Response & Risk Reduction
As disasters around the world increase in intensity and frequency, IFAW’s Disaster Response & Risk Reduction team is busy working to save animal lives, mitigate impact, assist vulnerable communities and provide resilience-building resources.
Learn moreWe supply government decision makers with research on threatened species.
We are lobbying Congress to ban the indiscriminate poisoning of predators.
Policy
Policy
If you want to change the game, start with the rules. and with animal welfare, that means the laws. We’re taking the fight to decision-makers around the world.
Learn moreOur work with the tourism industry will help stop commercial whaling.
The increase in ocean noise levels is a threat to the animals that live there.
Through bold new alternatives, we’re saving one of the world’s most endangered animals.
Marine Conservation
Marine Conservation
Millions of marine species live in our ocean, and they are all in danger. Our team is working to protect the place they call home. By making the ocean safer and healthier, we can save lives and livelihoods.
Learn moreThrough our local partnerships we can keep humans and animals safe
Community Engagement
Community Engagement
Engaging with those living closest to the animals and habitats we strive to protect to create positive and sustained change.
Learn moreWe rescue, rehabilitate and release baby elephants back into the wild.
10,000
big cats are kept captive in the U.S.
Wildlife Rescue
Wildlife Rescue
Our rescue teams save wildlife that have been orphaned, injured, displaced or confiscated in illegal trade. We rescue animals one by one, anytime, anywhere. And we work to rehabilitate rescued animals and return them to the wild.
Learn moreA water pump allows a community and its animal neighbours to coexist.
We're empowering the next generation of conservationists.
Restoring a landscape in India made way for a new generation of animals.
Landscape Conservation
Landscape Conservation
The place people and animals call home transcends borders and cultures. Our team is on the frontlines in the fight for cleaner air, clearer water, and healthier habitats everywhere.
Learn moreWe rescue stranded marine mammals, and increase chances of survival after release.
The data says stranded dolphins can rejoin their pods.
Marine Mammal Rescue & Research
Marine Mammal Rescue & Research
Embracing the highest tenets of animal welfare and robust science for over 20 years, we have evolved into one of the most respected global marine mammal stranding response programs.
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