International Fund for Animal Welfare's - "World of Animals" - Issue 2

8/14/2019 International Fund for Animal Welfare's - "World of Animals" - Issue 2

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Iss . 2 2009

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A Jumbo Mission ...IFAW supporters rush to protect elephants.

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Animal MattersIFAW news from around the world.

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A Prole o Courage and CompassionCora Bailey rescues dogs and cats from the

poorest communities.

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Winning or Whales ...In coastal villages and the halls of power.

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A Star or AnimalsLeonardo DiCaprio helps IFAW shine.

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The elephants were the remnants of large

herds that used to roam the highlands

south of Lake Malawi, in southern Africa.

Over years the elephants were drawn into

conict with increasing numbers of human

settlers; raiding crops and granaries and

sometimes killing local farmers. In turn the

farmers used appalling cruelty to drive off

the elephants. Many of the elephants had

injuries - six had amputated trunks from

being caught in snares.

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A Jumbo Mission ...

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A Jumbo MissionIFAW and our supporters were jubilant in earlyJuly when we successully relocated 83 elephantsrom an area o confict to saety and peace in aprotected wildlie reserve in Malawi.

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Many of you have written to tell me you enjoyed our rst

World of Animals. Im glad to hear from you. I hope you

will like this issue just as much. From an astonishing

elephant rescue to a call to protect the littlest whale, Im

proud to share IFAW achievements you make possible.

Fred ORegan,

President and Chief Executive Ofcer

IFAW All Photographs IFAW unless otherwise indicated


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A Jumbo Mission ...

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The only solution was to relocate the

elephants to a secure game reserve, said

IFAW Southern Africa Director, Jason

Bell-Leask.

In partnership with the Government of

Malawi, IFAW contracted one of Africas

most highly respected game capture outts

to help relocate the elephants to Majete

Wildlife Reserve, a safe haven about 300

kilometers (200 miles) south of Lake Malawi.

Hundreds of people cheered and sang as

the sleeping elephants were loaded for

the move.

After their long journey, the elephants spent

their rst night in a holding area before

being released into the pristine woodlands

to wander free in their new, protected home.

In total, 83 elephants from tiny calves to a

grand old cow of about 40 years old

were saved!

missi Accpish: 83 phasv f cic pac i maawispc maj Wiif rsv a iph f aia wfa.

India ...

IFAW partners with the Wildlife Trust ofIndia (WTI) to create elephant corridorsbetween forests to facilitate safe passageof elephants, help railways prevent trainstrikes where tracks run through elephanthabitat, and hand-raise orphaned elephantcalves through our Wildlife Rescue Centerin Kaziranga. These elephants will bereleased to a protected area when they are

old enough.

Across their roaming lands and around theworld, IFAW is taking steps to protect thesemagnicent, intelligent creatures. We hopeto see their jumbo footprints on earthslandscape for generations to come.

Around the World ... China ...IFAW is the leading organization savingAsian elephant habitat in China, where asfew as 300 elephants remain. In YunnanProvince, we provided farmers with loansto nd new opportunities such as raisingducks for eggs and growing tea (whichelephants dont like) while alleviatingagricultural use in the elephants lastroaming lands.

And IFAW is using an innovative publicawareness program to educate consumersnot to buy ivory. International ad agencyJCDecaux donated billboard space forIFAW ads across China.

The Congo ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo,IFAW has partnered with the organizationAction on Biodiversity in Katanga to savethe last elephants of Katanga. For years,people believed these elephants hadcompletely disappeared. In October 2007,

an aerial survey located a herd of about 85elephants north of the Lura River, outsideUpemba Park. IFAW is helping to teachlocal villagers how to live peacefully with theelephants, knowing that their presence willincrease tourism in the area.

Kenya ...

IFAW has been working with Kenya WildlifeService (KWS) since 2005 to protectelephants from poachers in Tsavo NationalPark, home to the single largest elephantpopulation in the world. We are helpingrevamp anti-poaching efforts and securingthe park. In our rst year working with KWS,40 poachers were arrested.

This past April, thanks to IFAW supporters,we were able to donate $25,000 worth oftires and fuel for patrol vehicles.

At IFAW we work to protect these

magnicent creatures across Africa, in

India and in China. We brought together 24

African nations to form a coalition to protect

elephants from the illegal ivory trade. We

train ranger patrols, safeguard habitat and

promote peaceful solutions to human-

elephant conict.

Powerul Partnerships

m, I g h. IFAWs a capaigisas h ha phas f ivya; 80% f Chis css i kw phas a ki f ivy.

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rie news o IFAWs recent activitiesnd successes around the world

Animal matters

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Lucky dogs at IFAWs Navajo Nation project are

sporting new collars and ID tags, thanks to the

Fashion Accessories Benet Ball held in New York

City last May. Fashion event founder Reenie Brown

raised $15,000 to buy 5,000 collars to build a sense

of pride in dog ownership and help reduce the

number of roaming dogs on the Navajo Nation.

The collars are being distributed in conjunction

with a Navajo Presidential Proclamation calling for

better animal health, safety and welfare the rst

proclamation of its kind in the Navajo Nation.

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IFAW successfully stopped a government order to cull

dogs in Heihe, China, following a dog bite incident.

In an effort to prevent such cruelty to animals, IFAW

is helping the Chinese government draft Chinas rst

animal welfare law. If passed, this will be the rst

time animal abusers will face criminal punishment in

China. We hope the new law will end rampant cruelty,

from bear and tiger farming to abuse of zoo animals

to culling of dogs.

Seal Hunt inDeath Throes?

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The 2009 commercial hunt for harp seals in

Canada crawled to a halt with only a fraction ofthe governments quota reached. Sealers did kill

72,407 harp seal pups this year, but more than

200,000 seal pups were spared thanks to the lack

of demand for seal products.

In July, the Council of the European Union banned

the trade of all seal products within the EU,

beginning in 2010. IFAW is very grateful to our

supporters around the world and to the people of

Europe for their vital role in creating a groundswell

of protest that led to this victory.FAW is helping to increase the number of wildlife

smuggling busts and international reporting of

wildlife crimes.

We are working with the US Customs and Border

Protection department to inform agents of recent

trends in wildlife crime and aid conscation of

contraband such as elephant ivory. In the Middle East

and North Africa, IFAW has trained customs ofcersand authorities in 14 countries on spotting and

preventing illegal wildlife trade. And in Kenya, IFAW

supports anti-poaching patrols in Tsavo National Park

and Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy, the front lines

of elephant slaughter for ivory.

FAWs trade training continues in Asia Pacic as

well. We collaborated with the New Zealand Wildlife

Enforcement Group to train ofcers from seven

Pacic Island countries in recognizing illegal wildlife

products including coral, marine turtles and reptiles

that people unknowingly purchase as gifts.

On the Front Lines WorldWIde

Three black rhinos, named Jabu, Jamie and

Deborah, ew back to the bush after the owners of

Dvur Kralove Zoo in Czechoslovakia decided they

would fare better in the wild. Their journey included

a 1,000 km (625 mile) road trip to Amsterdam, an

overnight ight to Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania and

a nal drive to their new home in Mkomazi Rhino

Sanctuary, an IFAW-supported National Park.

This remarkable translocation provides new blood

lines for the sanctuarys rhino population, which

numbers 4 adults and one calf.

Harbour porpoises have returned to the southern

North Sea and they need protection. One of

the smallest marine mammals in the world, this

charismatic little whale relies on internal sonar to dive

for food. Unfortunately, it cannot detect shing nets

and often ends up entangled in shing gear.

IFAW commissioned a report from the RoyalBelgian Institute for Natural Sciences and the Royal

Netherlands Institute for Sea Research on the status

of harbour porpoises, which showed that almost 50%

of all porpoise deaths are caused by shing gear in

Belgian and Dutch waters.

IFAWs report shows the need to address this

problem on an international scale.

Read the full report.

The Littlest Whale north SeA

Rhinos Go Wild tAnzAnIA

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In Prole

In the 1990s, there was a lot of violence in

South Africa. Thousands of people ed their

homes, leaving animals to roam. The poor

had no vet services.

I saw a need and acted. IFAW came in and

helped me expand.

Each day brings drama and crisis ...

dealing with an animal cruelty case ...

chasing down a dog on the freeway ...

meeting with community leaders ... We

stitch up wounds, spay/neuter dogs and

cats, provide food and foster care for

hundreds of thousands of animals.

Right now Im worried about a 14-year-

old boy named Moses who lives alone in

a shack on a rubbish dump caring for 20

dogs. We want to get him a constant supply

of food for his dogs, but also protect him

from criminals at the dump.

The poor people of Africa love their petsthe same as people all over the world. What

little they have, they share. The cupboard

may be bare but the dog dish is full.

Animals are part of the fabric of our lives.

They enlarge our compassion for each

other and living things ... they help us

appreciate the beauty and complexity of the

world. There is never a justiable reason to

treat any animal cruell y. Treating them with

more kindness has the affect of making

us, as a people, more kind. We become

the beneciaries as much as the animals

themselves.

Cora is truly an amazing woman who gives

all of herself every day.

Kind Words ... Heroic Actions

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Animal matters

One Big Heart CanSave Thousands

Coras compassion is an inspiration toall who know and work with her. Her

team cares for more than 1,000 animals

a month, every month ... giving lifesaving

veterinary care, food and shelter. I hope

her outstanding efforts will inspire your

generosity and that you will make a gift to

IFAW to help us save the next 1,000 cats

and dogs, and countless other animals

suffering around the world.

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For more than 10 years IFAWs Cora Bailey has been reaching out toprovide veterinary care and heartelt compassion to the people and pets oJohannesburg, South Arica. A ormer SPCA animal inspector, she let toocus on helping the poor and their pets, and IFAW joined her crusade. Hereis her amazing story ...

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A Heroic Hound UK

When Peter Wilson rescued Mandy, a lab mix,

he was seriously ill. He nursed her back to health

nd she has been a faithful companion indeed.

eter suffered a major heart attack while walking

Mandy and his other dogs along a rural path and

Mandy rushed home and led rescuers more thanwo miles back to where Peter lay. Then, when

re broke out at the North Lakes Greyhound

etreat Rescue center Peter runs, she ran barking

hrough the smoke-lled house ... waking Peter

nd saving the lives of 14 dogs at the center.

Mandy received an IFAW Animal Action Award

or her bravery. If you know an animal, or a

erson, who has made a heroic effort for a fellow

reature, nominate them for an

Animal Action Award.

When a rescue medic was called to save a two-day-

old harbour seal from a busy beach in the Dornoch

Firth, he brought her to an IFAW-funded rehabilitation

unit. Christened Freddy, after IFAW CEO FredORegan, she was soon joined by another female, a

few days older, named Jules.

The two pups are being nursed back to health in a

shared pen where they are already gaining weight.

Once they can catch their own food they will go to an

outside pool for eventual release back into the wild.

Alan Knight, Chairman of the British Divers Marine

Life Rescue group, said: If it wasnt for IFAWs

support, we wouldnt be able to rescue these animals

in distress and give them the care they need.

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With Yemens Environmental Protection Authority,

IFAW is funding a project that enables craftsmen

to replace endangered rhino horn with agate inornamental daggers. To commemorate the project,

IFAW Vice President Azzedine Downes presented

Yemens Prime Minister Ali Mujawar with a dagger

whose handle was carved from agate.


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For decades, IFAW has been a whale o a riend to the earthsmost enormous creatures ... and this year our new reportWhale Watching Worldwide is making a big splash!

A Whales Eye View

It shows that more than 13 million people

took whale watching tours last year in 119countries, generating a whopping $2.1

billion in expenditures. This is a much more

benecial use of whales than commercial

whaling.

IFAW promotes responsible whale watching

in the Caribbean, South Pacic and other

regions, including the waters off of Japan

and Iceland, two nations that together

with Norway still stubbornly continue to kill

whales for prot. An IFAW opinion poll in the

UK released as Icelands whaling boats

departed to hunt revealed that 83% ofthe British public are opposed to Icelands

decision to start whaling again.

In our continuing efforts to encourage US

leadership in whale conservation, IFAW

Honorary Board Members Keely and Pierce

Brosnan joined IFAW CEO Fred ORegan

in a series of meetings with senior White

House ofcials. Pierce Brosnan urged

members of Congress to act to protect

these magnicent, sentient beings.

IFAW is an active participant in annual

meetings of the International Whaling

Commission where we work to maintain

the international moratorium on commercial

whaling. In July, we were also awarded fullconsultative status with the International

Maritime Organization in recognition of our

outstanding work to prevent ship collisions

with whales, and to regulate underwater

noise that is harmful to whales and other

sea dwellers.

Of course, our most joyous work and

perhaps our most important is instilling a

love and respect for these gentle creatures

in children.

In oating classrooms on the Caribbean

island of Dominica, we introduced a marine

educational series. And we brought local

students to experience the waters off their

shore. Some of the children had never

been on a boat before. We hope these new

explorers will champion whale conservation

when they become adults.

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The Powhiri welcoming ceremony extended to visitors byMaori, the indigenous people o New Zealand, set the perectscene or the rst ever workshop on combating illegal wildlietrade in Oceania.

Preventing IllegalWildlie Trade

IFAW leads the way.

The word Po can be translated as a venture

into the unknown or a new experience,

while Whiri is derived from the term

Whiriwhiri meaning the act of exchanging

information and knowledge. And thats

exactly what this training meant for the

fourteen participants from seven Pacic

island nations.

Despite the fact that corals, shells, turtles,butteries and traditional Asian medicines

(containing bear bile and tiger parts) are

smuggled to and from Oceania, curbing

illegal wildlife trade sits low in the political

agenda.

But thanks to a partnership between IFAW

and the New Zealand Wildlife Enforcement

Group, local wildlife and customs ofcers

learned how to identify illegal goods and

combat wildlife trade.

Trainees came from diverse government

areas, including Biosecurity, Customs

and Environmental agencies. And trainers

included specialists from around the

world, including a US federal prosecutor

of environmental crimes; the New Zealand

head of the Convention on International

Trade in Endangered Species; and Vivek

Menon, Director of IFAW India.

Participants learned about smuggling

tactics in practical exercises and were

treated to a rare backstage visit of

Auckland international airport, where they

witnessed live-search operations targeting

international travellers.

This workshop supported by the Oceania

Customs Organisation Secretariat and the

Pacic Security Fund was a rst step in a

program aiming to provide key knowledge

and tools to combat illegal wildlife trade.

It also seeks to empower local individuals

so they become regional trainers in the

near future.

The best laws in the world wont save

animals without effective enforcement. IFAW

will continue to work with the New Zealand,

Australian and Pacic Island governments to

lock down our regional borders and stamp

out illegal trafcking of wildlife products.

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Congratulations to Patrick Simon, a

supporter from France who sent in

this amazing photo of his Labrador:

Nox. As we are still receiving some

really great photos, weve decided to

select a second winner. That winner

will be announced in our next issue.

Thanks to all of you who entered our contest! Weve put together a

slide show of some of the best photos so take a look.

Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio

will harness his star power on behalf of IFAWs

Animal Action Week this October by serving asa spokesman for this years education theme, Under One Sky.

Its our responsibility to protect animals and our planets vital

ecosystems if we want to leave a better world for future generations,

said DiCaprio.

DiCaprio, an IFAW Honorary Board Member, lends his voice to a

15-minute lm, Under One Sky, Why Animals Matter, which is part of

the free education pack IFAW is providing to schools. This is part of

a worldwide program that reaches over 7 million young people in 18countries annually.

Please join Leonardo in setting an example for the rest of the world

by ordering the video, the teaching guide and the Take Action

Toolkit online. The pack is full of fun activities and important tips on

protecting the world we share with animals.

This month we challenge you to create a caption for this winning

photo. Email your caption to [email protected].

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