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EBay’s New Year Resolution to Protect Endangered Elephants
The New Year should begin well for elephants with eBay’s worldwide ban on ivory products set to go into effect January 1, 2009. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) played a key role in the Internet company’s decision to ban ivory...Greater Protection Given to Elephants, Tigers, Dolphins And Turtles
Some of the world’s most threatened animals were afforded greater protection at the 9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) in Rome. The Convention focused on endangered species from all corners of the earth and...Future of Some of the World’s Most Threatened Species Under Discussion By Over 100 Countries At the Convention on Migratory Species
The future of some of the world’s most threatened species will be discussed this week as delegates from over 100 countries gather for the 9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).Archbishop Desmond Tutu Votes to Stop Whaling
“We kill carelessly,” Nobel Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said as he spoke in support of a global campaign to stop whaling by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Tutu launched Sacred Ocean – Global Voices Against the...Leopard Rescued As It ‘strays’ Into House in India
A young male leopard was rescued by the Assam Forest Department and IFAW from Digboi town in the northeast Indian state of Assam. It was later released in the nearby Upper Dihing Reserve Forest. The animal, about eight-months-old, had ‘strayed’...EBay has Announced an Ivory Sales Ban in Wake of IFAW Report
eBay’s decision was announced just hours before the release of IFAW’s latest investigative report showing Internet trade in wildlife poses a significant and immediate threat to the survival of elephants and many other endangered species.International Trade in Ivory From Over 10,000 Elephants has been Sanctioned By the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
For the first time in nearly 10 years, international trade in elephant ivory has been sanctioned by the UN-backed Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Approximately 119 tons (108 tonnes) of stockpiled ivory, the remnants of...Grey Whales Face Trouble in the Pipeline
The fate of the world’s few remaining Western Grey Whales now rests on the outcome of appeals to Russian authorities and courts following the refusal of an oil consortium to consider alternatives to a proposal to lay an oil pipeline through a shallow...
