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This year, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) plans to release 12 cubs in 4 regions - Pskov, Tver, Kirov Read more »
We're coming off an inspiring week among peers and experts who are putting their skills to work in telling the story of Read more »
The matriarch, Chamilandu, of a release herd in Kafue National Park, reached an important stage of her rehabilitation on Read more »
"Bill" of good health
IFAW Disaster Response teams have re-deployed to the US Virgin Islands of St. John and St Read more »
The following blog was submitted by Youth Forum for People and Wildlife delegate Josephine Crouch - IS
“You know, Read more »
The following blog was submitted by Kafue Release Facility research volunteer Lina Schaefer. - LO
When I first arrived at Read more »
As soon as we had heard of the terrible earthquake in Mexico City, our team in Playa del Carmen knew we had to respond. Read more »
Dr. Joseph Okori, originator of World Rhino Day, joined IFAW earlier this year to lead our landscape conservation programme Read more »
Dr. Joseph Okori, originator of World Rhino Day, joined IFAW earlier this year to lead our landscape conservation programme Read more »
Matt Collis, IFAW’s International Whaling Commission (IWC) Team Leader tells us why a technical rule Watch Video »
Matt Collis, speaking at the Southern Ocean Research Partnership (or SORP) event at the 66th International Watch Video »
In the video above, the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Whale Program Officer updates us on the proceedings Watch Video »
VIDEO: IFAW’s IWC Team Leader, Matt Collis relates our Delegation’s disappointment at the Watch Video »
Our tenBoma project continues to grow and make an impact for the protection of elephants. When we announced our partnership Watch Video »
We are happy to say that Washburn, the wayward, pregnant manatee we rescued last month, is one step closer to returning to Watch Video »
We are happy to say that Washburn, the wayward, pregnant manatee we rescued last month, is one step closer to returning to Watch Video »
In 2011 I visited Malawi, a very poor country in southern Africa, with a pressing question on my mind: How could I convince Watch Video »
India's wild tiger numbers are very encouraging.
There are 2,226 tigers there, amounting to 70 percent of the world Watch Video »
Animal welfare campaigners have condemned plans for this year’s badger cull, with additional kill zones announced and double the number of previous licences issued today (Monday) to cull badgers.
IFAW has always opposed the badger cull for bein Read more »
‘Jamuna’, a female rhino that had been rehabilitated into the wild by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the Assam Forest Department in 2010, has given birth to her second calf in Manas Nat Read more »
Who: ‘Sonny’ – South African (British-born) street artist with a global following uses his dramatic style of street art to create eye-catching murals depicting endangered wildlife and brings his ‘To The Bone’ tour to Lon Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Disaster Response team was activated by partner Code 3 Associates to support the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
“We are deeply saddened by the devastation Read more »
Early in the morning on August 23, 2017, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), The Wild Animal Sanctuary (TWAS) and Forest Animal Rescue (FAR) welcomed two Patagonian pumas at Miami International Airport. Their arrival signifies a two year ef Read more »
With illegal wildlife trade being one of the most serious threats to biodiversity, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the Moroccan government’s High Commission for Water, Forests, and Combating Desertification (HCEFLCD) are an Read more »
Fifteen rare falcons were rescued and rehabilitated in joint effort by International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and ANO “Wild Animal Rescue Centre” (WARC). The raptors are saker and gyrfalcon species. Nine endangered saker falcons wer Read more »
International Fund for Animal Welfare teams with Bare Tree Media to release emojis to engage audiences in animal rescue and conservation
Mobile technology and conservation join forces to save animals in a new partnership. IFAW (International Fund Read more »
Iceland’s lone whaling crusader, Kristjan Loftsson, is attempting to ship hundreds of tonnes of fin whale meat out of the country, bound for Japan.
Despite limited market for the meat and opposition at home and abroad to the bloody trade in the Read more »
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) sponsors a Conference of the Part Read more »
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) seeks to ensure that internationa Read more »
An efficient and impactful first step towards removing illegal wildlife products online is the adoption of a standardized, in Read more »
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) sponsors a Conference of the Part Read more »
People throughout the world are demanding that CITES CoP17 protects all African elephants. This visual can be shared througho Read more »
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) sponsors a Conference of the Part Read more »
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) sponsors a Conference of the Part Read more »
The world’s biodiversity is declining fast- none more so than migratory species. These species range from Read more »
IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) is hopeful that after four days of intense negotiation, world governments Read more »
IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) welcomed the commitment by world governments to increase protection for Read more »
It has been an excruciating month for me since Hurricane Maria slammed my home island of Dominica. There was almost no Read more »
Last September, IFAW brought together 34 young conservation leaders and CITES decision makers in the first ever Youth Forum Read more »
Icelandic support for minke whaling has dropped by 5% in just one year, according to polling results released today ( Read more »
This article, written by Story Hinckley, originally appeared in The Christian Science Monitor on October 23, 2017. --KB Read more »
The island nation of Dominica suffered terribly after hurricane Maria tore through the Caribbean last month. The Read more »
I find myself on the passenger seat of a koala rescue van at 8am on a Sunday morning – a typical spring at Friends of Read more »
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