Our Animal Action Education programme helps children learn and care about animals
Learn more about helping animals in crisis
- Make a plan for your pets in case of disasters
- Unnatural Disasters, a report on the need for government disaster planning to include animals
- Recommendations to the Japanese government about how to help animals after nuclear accidents
- Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Team fact sheet
- Rescuing animals in crisis—An emergency response fact sheet
About IFAW’s animal rescue work
- How do I report a stranded marine mammal?
- Marine Mammal Rescue and Research’s groundbreaking research
- How to apply for a Disaster Response Grant
- A pet owner’s guide to disaster planning
- What are Disaster Response Emergency Relief Networks?
- Rescuing Amur tigers in Russia
- Big cats in captivity in the US
Animal rescue news

On a brilliant November day, ifaw president and CEO Azzedine Downes and I climbed the Great Wall. Autumn foliage dots the Read more »

Crawling on all fours through ashes, searching dark homes by headlamp, and coaxing frightened cats out from under dressers Read more »

This week we celebrated IFAW’s much anticipated UK Animal Action Awards – our annual event at the Read more »
News outlets around the world have reported that more than 100 pangolins were found and rescued after a dramatic car chase Watch Video »
Three more rescued bear cubs, a male and two females, are recovering at the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Watch Video »
The documentary film Born to Be Free produced with support by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) will open Watch Video »
In 2001, The Beijing Raptor Rescue Center (BRRC) was founded to rescue and rehabilitate birds of prey in China. Raptors are Watch Video »
Animal heroes will tomorrow (Tuesday) receive prestigious awards for their outstanding work from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org).
IFAW’s annual Animal Action Awards ceremony will be hosted at the House of Lords by Baron Read more »
The International Coalition for Animal Welfare (ICFAW) has announced the adoption by OIE Member Countries of a cooperation agreement between the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and ICFAW. This agreement will further advance this close work Read more »
Six orphaned female elephant calves that had been hand-raised at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation – CWRC; the wildlife rescue, treatment and rehabilitation facility jointly run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), the Intern Read more »
The island nation of Dominica suffered terribly after hurricane Maria tore through the Caribbean last month. The International Fund for Animal Welfare is sending food, supplies, and an expert team of disaster responders to help the community, their a Read more »
After the island of Barbuda was left almost completely destroyed by Hurricane Irma’s winds and rain, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) sent their team of disaster response experts to the island nation as recovery efforts begin to 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 »
IFAW's flagship publication explores where we work, the species we protect, the inspiring work of our staff, and other IF Read more »
The early morning rain fell softly as our team pulled into Miami International Airport’s cargo hold. After a little Read more »
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has released fifteen rare falcons back to the wild in Russia. The falcons Read more »
Fifteen rare falcons were rescued and rehabilitated in joint effort by International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and ANO Read more »