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North Atlantic right whales
The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most critically endangered animals in the world. Travelling along North America’s east coast, right whales must navigate a sea of deadly fishing gear, vertical buoy line, and industrialized shipping zon...
Pangolins
Covered in an armor of scales and sporting a tongue that reaches over 40 cm long, the pangolin is one of the most unusual-looking mammals in the animal kingdom. It carries its young on its back, and when threatened, rolls up into a ball to protect...
Koala
Koalas are important to the Australian environment and the ecosystem because their scat deposits feed the forest floor that help the woodlands grow and regenerate, leading to an increase in biodiversity. Droppings are also known to be a source of ...
Seals
As one of the keystone species in marine ecosystems, seals help maintain a balance in the food web. Seals consume fish, squid, and crustaceans. Seals are also important food sources for larger predators like orcas, polar bears, and sharks. Throug...
African bush elephants
Elephants are keystone species that play critical roles in their environment. During dry seasons, elephants use their tusks and feet to dig deep holes in riverbeds to access water. In the process, they create mini watering holes that many other a...
Fun facts about Tigers part 2
Threats In the wild, tigers are at a tipping point. Habitat loss, wildlife trade, urban development, poaching and persecution as a result of human-wildlife conflict threaten their survival. In the United States, the private ownership of captive ...
Fun facts about Tigers part 1
tigers As apex predators, tigers play an important role in maintaining a balanced food web in their ecosystems. In the absence of their natural predators, prey species populations can explode, leading to overconsumption of vegetation, damaging h...
Animal rescue stories: Australia bushfire
Carly the kangaroo receives laser treatment Carly, the rescued kangaroo, undergoes laser treatment for a skin infection likely due to a weakened immune system. She is wearing sunglasses to protect her eyes. Caring for an injured echidna ...
Happy Valentines day
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The Big Cat Public Safety Act can help protect lions and tigers in the wild
The alarming number of captive-bred big cats in the United States has made international headlines over the years, and in February 2019 U.S. lawmakers re-introduced a bill aimed at minimizing dangerous situations that result from the poorly reg...
ifaw and local partners release a rescued jaguar back into the wild
Washington, DC, 29 October 2020 – In a milestone example of collaboration between government authorities, the scientific sector, local communities and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), a juvenile jaguar has been successfully rel...
Rescued elephant calf Musolole carries on the memory of fallen wildlife ranger
It was an afternoon in October, 2011 when gunfire cracked through the air, alerting National Park officers in Sioma Ngwesi National Park of the presence of poachers. Rushing to the scene, the officers found a horrible sight – a mother elephant ...
Priya’s story, a tiger rescued from cub petting, part 2
This tigress has had a tough life. Following the rescue of more than 100 big cats, including 75 tigers, from a cub petting operation, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (TCWR) and Tigers in America (TIA) took over the facility and were given a r...
Tigers rescued from cub petting operation part 1
Note: This article is the first in a multi part series explaining cub petting. Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Tigers in America had the opportunity to step in and rescue over a hundred big cats from a cub petting operation when the ow...
Batoka the Elephant
A very emaciated elephant calf was spotted alone on an island in Zambia’s Zambezi River, which is near Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park (home to the incredible Victoria Falls). Micro-flight pilots from “Batoka Sky” had discovered the young calf and ...
Kaali the rhino
Forest staff and the Honorary Wildlife Warden at Kaziranga National Park found a disoriented 2-3-week-old rhino calf alone on a sandbank of the Brahmaputra river. The team searched hard to locate her mother, but were unsuccessful. She was transpor...
Delta the kitten
On October 7th, 2020, Hurricane Delta hit the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 storm. IFAW’s Dr. Erika Flores and Joaquin de la Torre Ponce teamed up with our partner Coco’s Animal Welfare Clinic and local authorities to provide veterinary car...
Baby Yoda the kitten
During deployment to rescue animals from the North Complex Fire in California, six Mutual Aid firefighters found a small kitten on the side of the road. They rushed her to the Cal Oak Animal Shelter for emergency veterinary care. When she arriv...
Trooper the puppy
In September, 2020, IFAW’s Disaster Response team deployed to California to help rescue and care for animals impacted by the North Complex Fire. During an animal search and rescue assignment, a young puppy was rescued after he was found hiding und...
Plum the seal
In May, a young seal pup with her umbilical cord still attached was spotted on a beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. IFAW’s Marine Mammal Rescue and Research team monitored the pup for 48 hours to ensure the mom was not off foraging for food. Whe...
Amelia and Jazz the koalas
In early 2020, we deployed Bear, the USC x IFAW koala detection dog, to help sniff out and locate animals injured by the bushfires. The team embarked to the site of Two Thumbs Wildlife Sanctuary in New South Wales. Using the scent of their fur,...
George the kangaroo
While in Australia responding to the bushfires, we also met George! Our friends at Wildlife in Need of Care Inc (WNC) took in rescued kangaroo joeys left orphaned by the bushfires. George was one of the joeys receiving specialized care. His mo...
Ash and Cedar the wombats
In January 2020, IFAW deployed responders to support our Australia team and care for animals impacted by the devastating bushfires. We received news that a carer at Native Animal Rescue Group in New South Wales had ten rescued baby wombats in r...
Zongo and Mbila the elephant calves
In June 2020, two elephant calves were orphaned after their herd wandered into a village and fled out of fear, leaving the calves behind. Both calves were held at the Kafue Release Facility and then flown to the nursery at the Elephant O...
