Victories For Animals And People

LIFE RETURNS TO THE AFRICAN PLAINS

ACHIEVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD More than 200 campaigners in 15 countries, who collectively speak some 12 languages, bring local understanding and the strength of partnership to communities facing critical animal welfare and conservation issues. Important achievements include:

IFAW’s five-year, US$1.25 million commitment helped revamp security, protect habitat and increase tourism at Kenya’s famous Meru National Park. More than 60 elephants, over 600 common zebras, 19 rhinos, 411 impalas, and 60 reticulated giraffes and other spectacular wildlife were relocated to their rightful grazing lands.

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IFAW’s Animal Action Week is now the largest animal welfare education event in the world, reaching a million young people.

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The elephant population at Queen Elizabeth National Park has rebounded to 2,400 thanks to IFAW funding and anti-poaching support. Today, it is considered one of Uganda’s finest parks.

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As part of the coalition Acción de Lucha Anti-petrolera, IFAW won a decisive victory for Costa Rica’s Caribbean coastal environment and communities when the Ministry of the Environment and Energy denied a company’s request to drill for oil near the port city of Moín.

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A groundbreaking resolution in the European Parliament called for a high-intensity active sonar in EU waters.

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Victory in Canada: Ending the spring

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In China, IFAW’s whose crops were damaged by elephants find alternate sources of income. It was so successful, the US Fish and Wildlife Service continued funding and the local government implemented a hunting ban.

and our shared world Over the years, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has won a number of important victories, advancing the welfare of animals and people and protecting vital habitat around the world.

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VICTORIES

for animals, people

moratorium on the use of

bear hunt in Ontario. micro-credit loan project helped farmers

IFAW is the leading proponent of responsible whale This growing industry now brings US$1.25 billion to coastal communities in 90 countries and territories worldwide.

watching. IFAW is helping to conserve more than 84,940 sq. km of habitat for elephants and other wildlife across Africa, India and China.

Our new Song of the Whale vessel has logged more than 40,000 nautical miles conducting non-invasive research, educational outreach and awareness campaigns from the Caribbean to Iceland. Scientists onboard pioneer acoustic techniques to monitor whales without harming them.

© IFAW

A mark of success: five white rhinos gave birth to healthy babies at Meru National Park. © IFAW

IFAW successfully campaigned to stop development of a massive salt plant in Baja, Mexico, where gray whales and their calves bring whale-watching income to local communities.

© IFAW/CLAIRE LACEY

IFAW works to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting wildlife habitats, and assisting animals in distress. IFAW seeks to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote animal welfare and conservation policies that advance the well-being of both animals and people.

A Better World for Animals and People © IFAW

Through CLAW, healthy pets contribute to the health of communities.

WINNING FOR WHALES IN BAJA Five years of campaigning led to a huge victory for gray whales in Baja when Mitsubishi and the Mexican government canceled development of a saltworks in Laguna San Ignacio – the Pacific gray whale’s last unspoiled birthing lagoon.

SAVING ANIMALS

SUCCESS IN THE HALLS OF POWER

AND THEIR HABITATS IFAW helped win a historic ivory ban by joining other

From the start, IFAW successfully took on controversial issues. When we captured the heartbreaking images of Canada’s commercial seal hunt, the world wept with us. Result: the European Commission stopped the importation of whitecoat skins.

organizations in a call to halt the ivory trade at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). © IFAW/BOB MCNEELY

SANCTUARY AT SEA Working with member nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), IFAW provided leadership in the establishment of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, protecting the feeding grounds of 80 percent of the world’s remaining whales. IFAW co-authored the Mandatory Ship Reporting System, a federal law to protect the last 350 North Atlantic right whales that migrate along the East Coast of the USA from ship strikes. Also off the East Coast of Massachusetts, an innovative lobster gear replacement project is preventing right whale entanglements and saving local livelihoods. 2,100 miles of dangerous floating fishing line has been replaced. IFAW floating classrooms have educated hundreds of children in Eastern Caribbean countries about the importance of marine conservation. In Russia, quick networking and media outreach – backed by scientific research – ended a hunt for beluga whales in the Sea of Okhotsk in less than a week.

Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley, Senator Ted Kennedy, Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater, Congressman Bill Delahunt and IFAW president Fred O’Regan launch the Mandatory Ship Reporting System.

After an arduous 16-year campaign by IFAW’s UK staff to stop the cruel sport of

hunting with dogs, Britain’s Parliament finally banned hunting foxes, deer, hares and

Following the Treasure oil spill off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa – the world’s worst coastal bird disaster – IFAW led rescue efforts to clean and rehabilitate 18,000

African penguins. IFAW

has

emergency

mink with dogs. In the United States, IFAW was instrumental in the passage of the US Captive Wildlife Safety Act, banning the interstate trade of big cats for commercial purposes and as pets. IFAW also succeeded in efforts to enact five state laws to prohibit the ownership of certain wild animals as pets.

© IFAW/KUNS

received

worldwide recognition for response to both natural and man-made disasters.

In another great victory for animals, Mexico prohibited the import, export and reexport of marine mammals and primates, as well as products made from them. IFAW campaigned with COMARINO to win this decree.

IFAW worked with the Wildlife Trust of India to ban shahtoosh weaving in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Shortly thereafter, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Tibetan Antelope under the US Endangered Species Act. Through Community-Linked Animal Welfare (CLAW), nearly 8,000 cats and dogs have been spayed or neutered, and 16,150 companion animals have received vaccinations in some of the poorest communities of the world. © IFAW/S. COOK

When disaster strikes, IFAW rushes to the rescue. 18,000 African penguins saved by IFAW head home, and a population is protected.

IFAW led an international outcry to stop the beluga hunt before the first shipment of whale meat reached Japan. The plight of Canada’s beautiful seal pups has won support around the world.

Printed on recycled paper

© 2006 IFAW

© IFAW

© DAVID WHITE/IFAW

Through CLAW, healthy pets contribute to the health of communities.

WINNING FOR WHALES IN BAJA Five years of campaigning led to a huge victory for gray whales in Baja when Mitsubishi and the Mexican government canceled development of a saltworks in Laguna San Ignacio – the Pacific gray whale’s last unspoiled birthing lagoon.

SAVING ANIMALS

SUCCESS IN THE HALLS OF POWER

AND THEIR HABITATS IFAW helped win a historic ivory ban by joining other

From the start, IFAW successfully took on controversial issues. When we captured the heartbreaking images of Canada’s commercial seal hunt, the world wept with us. Result: the European Commission stopped the importation of whitecoat skins.

organizations in a call to halt the ivory trade at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). © IFAW/BOB MCNEELY

SANCTUARY AT SEA Working with member nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), IFAW provided leadership in the establishment of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, protecting the feeding grounds of 80 percent of the world’s remaining whales. IFAW co-authored the Mandatory Ship Reporting System, a federal law to protect the last 350 North Atlantic right whales that migrate along the East Coast of the USA from ship strikes. Also off the East Coast of Massachusetts, an innovative lobster gear replacement project is preventing right whale entanglements and saving local livelihoods. 2,100 miles of dangerous floating fishing line has been replaced. IFAW floating classrooms have educated hundreds of children in Eastern Caribbean countries about the importance of marine conservation. In Russia, quick networking and media outreach – backed by scientific research – ended a hunt for beluga whales in the Sea of Okhotsk in less than a week.

Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley, Senator Ted Kennedy, Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater, Congressman Bill Delahunt and IFAW president Fred O’Regan launch the Mandatory Ship Reporting System.

After an arduous 16-year campaign by IFAW’s UK staff to stop the cruel sport of

hunting with dogs, Britain’s Parliament finally banned hunting foxes, deer, hares and

Following the Treasure oil spill off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa – the world’s worst coastal bird disaster – IFAW led rescue efforts to clean and rehabilitate 18,000

African penguins. IFAW

has

emergency

mink with dogs. In the United States, IFAW was instrumental in the passage of the US Captive Wildlife Safety Act, banning the interstate trade of big cats for commercial purposes and as pets. IFAW also succeeded in efforts to enact five state laws to prohibit the ownership of certain wild animals as pets.

© IFAW/KUNS

received

worldwide recognition for response to both natural and man-made disasters.

In another great victory for animals, Mexico prohibited the import, export and reexport of marine mammals and primates, as well as products made from them. IFAW campaigned with COMARINO to win this decree.

IFAW worked with the Wildlife Trust of India to ban shahtoosh weaving in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Shortly thereafter, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Tibetan Antelope under the US Endangered Species Act. Through Community-Linked Animal Welfare (CLAW), nearly 8,000 cats and dogs have been spayed or neutered, and 16,150 companion animals have received vaccinations in some of the poorest communities of the world. © IFAW/S. COOK

When disaster strikes, IFAW rushes to the rescue. 18,000 African penguins saved by IFAW head home, and a population is protected.

IFAW led an international outcry to stop the beluga hunt before the first shipment of whale meat reached Japan. The plight of Canada’s beautiful seal pups has won support around the world.

Printed on recycled paper

© 2006 IFAW

© IFAW

© DAVID WHITE/IFAW

Through CLAW, healthy pets contribute to the health of communities.

WINNING FOR WHALES IN BAJA Five years of campaigning led to a huge victory for gray whales in Baja when Mitsubishi and the Mexican government canceled development of a saltworks in Laguna San Ignacio – the Pacific gray whale’s last unspoiled birthing lagoon.

SAVING ANIMALS

SUCCESS IN THE HALLS OF POWER

AND THEIR HABITATS IFAW helped win a historic ivory ban by joining other

From the start, IFAW successfully took on controversial issues. When we captured the heartbreaking images of Canada’s commercial seal hunt, the world wept with us. Result: the European Commission stopped the importation of whitecoat skins.

organizations in a call to halt the ivory trade at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). © IFAW/BOB MCNEELY

SANCTUARY AT SEA Working with member nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), IFAW provided leadership in the establishment of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, protecting the feeding grounds of 80 percent of the world’s remaining whales. IFAW co-authored the Mandatory Ship Reporting System, a federal law to protect the last 350 North Atlantic right whales that migrate along the East Coast of the USA from ship strikes. Also off the East Coast of Massachusetts, an innovative lobster gear replacement project is preventing right whale entanglements and saving local livelihoods. 2,100 miles of dangerous floating fishing line has been replaced. IFAW floating classrooms have educated hundreds of children in Eastern Caribbean countries about the importance of marine conservation. In Russia, quick networking and media outreach – backed by scientific research – ended a hunt for beluga whales in the Sea of Okhotsk in less than a week.

Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley, Senator Ted Kennedy, Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater, Congressman Bill Delahunt and IFAW president Fred O’Regan launch the Mandatory Ship Reporting System.

After an arduous 16-year campaign by IFAW’s UK staff to stop the cruel sport of

hunting with dogs, Britain’s Parliament finally banned hunting foxes, deer, hares and

Following the Treasure oil spill off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa – the world’s worst coastal bird disaster – IFAW led rescue efforts to clean and rehabilitate 18,000

African penguins. IFAW

has

emergency

mink with dogs. In the United States, IFAW was instrumental in the passage of the US Captive Wildlife Safety Act, banning the interstate trade of big cats for commercial purposes and as pets. IFAW also succeeded in efforts to enact five state laws to prohibit the ownership of certain wild animals as pets.

© IFAW/KUNS

received

worldwide recognition for response to both natural and man-made disasters.

In another great victory for animals, Mexico prohibited the import, export and reexport of marine mammals and primates, as well as products made from them. IFAW campaigned with COMARINO to win this decree.

IFAW worked with the Wildlife Trust of India to ban shahtoosh weaving in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Shortly thereafter, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Tibetan Antelope under the US Endangered Species Act. Through Community-Linked Animal Welfare (CLAW), nearly 8,000 cats and dogs have been spayed or neutered, and 16,150 companion animals have received vaccinations in some of the poorest communities of the world. © IFAW/S. COOK

When disaster strikes, IFAW rushes to the rescue. 18,000 African penguins saved by IFAW head home, and a population is protected.

IFAW led an international outcry to stop the beluga hunt before the first shipment of whale meat reached Japan. The plight of Canada’s beautiful seal pups has won support around the world.

Printed on recycled paper

© 2006 IFAW

© IFAW

© DAVID WHITE/IFAW

Through CLAW, healthy pets contribute to the health of communities.

WINNING FOR WHALES IN BAJA Five years of campaigning led to a huge victory for gray whales in Baja when Mitsubishi and the Mexican government canceled development of a saltworks in Laguna San Ignacio – the Pacific gray whale’s last unspoiled birthing lagoon.

SAVING ANIMALS

SUCCESS IN THE HALLS OF POWER

AND THEIR HABITATS IFAW helped win a historic ivory ban by joining other

From the start, IFAW successfully took on controversial issues. When we captured the heartbreaking images of Canada’s commercial seal hunt, the world wept with us. Result: the European Commission stopped the importation of whitecoat skins.

organizations in a call to halt the ivory trade at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). © IFAW/BOB MCNEELY

SANCTUARY AT SEA Working with member nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), IFAW provided leadership in the establishment of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, protecting the feeding grounds of 80 percent of the world’s remaining whales. IFAW co-authored the Mandatory Ship Reporting System, a federal law to protect the last 350 North Atlantic right whales that migrate along the East Coast of the USA from ship strikes. Also off the East Coast of Massachusetts, an innovative lobster gear replacement project is preventing right whale entanglements and saving local livelihoods. 2,100 miles of dangerous floating fishing line has been replaced. IFAW floating classrooms have educated hundreds of children in Eastern Caribbean countries about the importance of marine conservation. In Russia, quick networking and media outreach – backed by scientific research – ended a hunt for beluga whales in the Sea of Okhotsk in less than a week.

Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley, Senator Ted Kennedy, Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater, Congressman Bill Delahunt and IFAW president Fred O’Regan launch the Mandatory Ship Reporting System.

After an arduous 16-year campaign by IFAW’s UK staff to stop the cruel sport of

hunting with dogs, Britain’s Parliament finally banned hunting foxes, deer, hares and

Following the Treasure oil spill off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa – the world’s worst coastal bird disaster – IFAW led rescue efforts to clean and rehabilitate 18,000

African penguins. IFAW

has

emergency

mink with dogs. In the United States, IFAW was instrumental in the passage of the US Captive Wildlife Safety Act, banning the interstate trade of big cats for commercial purposes and as pets. IFAW also succeeded in efforts to enact five state laws to prohibit the ownership of certain wild animals as pets.

© IFAW/KUNS

received

worldwide recognition for response to both natural and man-made disasters.

In another great victory for animals, Mexico prohibited the import, export and reexport of marine mammals and primates, as well as products made from them. IFAW campaigned with COMARINO to win this decree.

IFAW worked with the Wildlife Trust of India to ban shahtoosh weaving in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Shortly thereafter, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Tibetan Antelope under the US Endangered Species Act. Through Community-Linked Animal Welfare (CLAW), nearly 8,000 cats and dogs have been spayed or neutered, and 16,150 companion animals have received vaccinations in some of the poorest communities of the world. © IFAW/S. COOK

When disaster strikes, IFAW rushes to the rescue. 18,000 African penguins saved by IFAW head home, and a population is protected.

IFAW led an international outcry to stop the beluga hunt before the first shipment of whale meat reached Japan. The plight of Canada’s beautiful seal pups has won support around the world.

Printed on recycled paper

© 2006 IFAW

© IFAW

© DAVID WHITE/IFAW

LIFE RETURNS TO THE AFRICAN PLAINS

ACHIEVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD More than 200 campaigners in 15 countries, who collectively speak some 12 languages, bring local understanding and the strength of partnership to communities facing critical animal welfare and conservation issues. Important achievements include:

IFAW’s five-year, US$1.25 million commitment helped revamp security, protect habitat and increase tourism at Kenya’s famous Meru National Park. More than 60 elephants, over 600 common zebras, 19 rhinos, 411 impalas, and 60 reticulated giraffes and other spectacular wildlife were relocated to their rightful grazing lands.

■

IFAW’s Animal Action Week is now the largest animal welfare education event in the world, reaching a million young people.

■

The elephant population at Queen Elizabeth National Park has rebounded to 2,400 thanks to IFAW funding and anti-poaching support. Today, it is considered one of Uganda’s finest parks.

■

As part of the coalition Acción de Lucha Anti-petrolera, IFAW won a decisive victory for Costa Rica’s Caribbean coastal environment and communities when the Ministry of the Environment and Energy denied a company’s request to drill for oil near the port city of Moín.

■

A groundbreaking resolution in the European Parliament called for a high-intensity active sonar in EU waters.

■

Victory in Canada: Ending the spring

■

In China, IFAW’s whose crops were damaged by elephants find alternate sources of income. It was so successful, the US Fish and Wildlife Service continued funding and the local government implemented a hunting ban.

and our shared world Over the years, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has won a number of important victories, advancing the welfare of animals and people and protecting vital habitat around the world.

■

VICTORIES

for animals, people

moratorium on the use of

bear hunt in Ontario. micro-credit loan project helped farmers

IFAW is the leading proponent of responsible whale This growing industry now brings US$1.25 billion to coastal communities in 90 countries and territories worldwide.

watching. IFAW is helping to conserve more than 84,940 sq. km of habitat for elephants and other wildlife across Africa, India and China.

Our new Song of the Whale vessel has logged more than 40,000 nautical miles conducting non-invasive research, educational outreach and awareness campaigns from the Caribbean to Iceland. Scientists onboard pioneer acoustic techniques to monitor whales without harming them.

© IFAW

A mark of success: five white rhinos gave birth to healthy babies at Meru National Park. © IFAW

IFAW successfully campaigned to stop development of a massive salt plant in Baja, Mexico, where gray whales and their calves bring whale-watching income to local communities.

© IFAW/CLAIRE LACEY

IFAW works to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting wildlife habitats, and assisting animals in distress. IFAW seeks to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote animal welfare and conservation policies that advance the well-being of both animals and people.

A Better World for Animals and People © IFAW