International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
About Company
IFAW was founded by Brian Davies with the goal to stop the commercial hunt for whitecoat seals on the east coast of Canada.
Stichting IFAW was the first IFAW office outside the United States. It gave IFAW additional support to fight the seal hunt, which at the time led to a storm of protests in the Netherlands.
Europe bans importation of “whitecoat” Harp seal products, saving more than a million newborn seals from the slaughter over the next 10 years.
In Uganda, IFAW steps in to save elephants, hippos, and other wildlife from poachers in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The elephant population rebounds from 150 to 2,400 and is now considered one of the finest in Uganda.
IFAW helps win a crucial ivory ban saving thousands of elephants from poaching.
1990s: Seminal research on IFAW’s research vessel, Song of the Whale, helps demonstrate that Japan does not have to kill whales in the name of “science.”
IFAW brings veterinary care to pets in poor areas of Johannesburg, The project will help nearly 500,000 cats and dogs over the next 24 years.
IFAW spearheads international efforts to establish the Southern Ocean marine sanctuary, protecting 90% of the world’s whales.
A freighter sinks off the South African coast, covering 38,000 penguins in oil. IFAW leads the largest oiled bird rehabilitation effort ever. More than 90% of the birds are successfully released back to the wild.
IFAW stops the Mexican government and Mitsubishi Corp. from building the world’s largest salt factory in Laguna San Ignacio, the last undisturbed nursery for critically endangered gray whales.
IFAW rescues 24 tigers from a backyard zoo in New Jersey. The publicity helps pass the Captive Wildlife Safety Act.
Kenya’s Meru National Park is awarded world-class conservation status after IFAW’s five-year project helps rebuild the park’s entire ecosystem.
IFAW purchases migration corridor in India to protect more than 1,000 endangered Asian elephants.
