LIFE RETURNS TO ACHIEVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD

THE AFRICAN PLAINS 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
IFAW’s five-year, US$1.25 issues. Important achievements include:
million commitment helped
revamp security,
protect habitat
and increase and our shared world
■

■
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.
VICTORIESfor animals, people
tourism at Kenya’s Over the years, the International Fund for Animal
■ As part of the coalition Acción de Lucha Anti-petrolera, IFAW won a decisive victory for Costa Rica’s
famous Meru Caribbean coastal environment and communities when the Ministry of the Environment and Energy
National Park.
Welfare (IFAW) has won a number of important denied a company’s request to drill for oil near the port city of Moín.
More than 60 victories, advancing the welfare of animals and ■ A groundbreaking resolution in the European Parliament called for a moratorium on the use of
elephants, over people and protecting vital habitat around the world. high-intensity active sonar in EU waters.
600 common
zebras, 19
■ Victory in Canada: Ending the spring bear hunt in Ontario.
rhinos, ■ In China, IFAW’s micro-credit loan project helped farmers
411 impalas, and whose crops were damaged by elephants find alternate sources of
60 reticulated income. It was so successful, the US Fish and Wildlife Service
giraffes and other continued funding and the local government implemented a
spectacular hunting ban.
wildlife were ■ IFAW is the leading proponent of responsible whale
relocated to
their rightful
watching. This growing industry now brings US$1.25
billion to coastal communities in 90 countries and territories
grazing lands.
worldwide.
IFAW is helping to conserve more than 84,940 sq. km IFAW successfully campaigned to stop
of habitat for elephants and other wildlife across development of a massive salt plant in Baja,
Africa, India and China. Our new Song of the Whale vessel has logged more
than 40,000 nautical miles conducting non-invasive Mexico, where gray whales and their calves bring
research, educational outreach and awareness whale-watching income to local communities.
campaigns from the Caribbean to Iceland.
Scientists onboard pioneer acoustic techniques to
monitor whales without harming them.
© IFAW © IFAW/CLAIRE LACEY

A mark of success: five white rhinos gave birth

IFAW works to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by
to healthy babies at Meru National Park. 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 A Better World for Animals and People
© IFAW
welfare and conservation policies that advance the well-being of both animals and people. © IFAW
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.
© 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
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.
Through CLAW, healthy pets contribute
to the health of communities.
SAVING ANIMALS SUCCESS IN THE HALLS OF POWER
AND THEIR HABITATS 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
IFAW helped win a historic ivory ban by joining other
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). After an arduous 16-year campaign by IFAW’s UK staff to stop the cruel sport of
Following the Treasure oil spill off the coast of Cape Town,
hunting with dogs, Britain’s Parliament finally banned hunting foxes, deer, hares and
mink with dogs.
South Africa – the world’s worst coastal bird disaster – IFAW
led rescue efforts to clean and rehabilitate 18,000 In the United States, IFAW was instrumental in the passage of the US Captive Wildlife
African penguins. Safety Act, banning the interstate trade of big cats for commercial purposes and as
© IFAW/KUNS pets. IFAW also succeeded in efforts to enact five state laws to prohibit the ownership of certain
IFAW has received worldwide recognition for
wild animals as pets.
emergency response to both natural and man-made disasters.
In another great victory for animals, Mexico prohibited the import, export and re-
IFAW worked with the Wildlife Trust of India to ban shahtoosh weaving in the state of
export of marine mammals and primates, as well as products made from them.
Jammu and Kashmir. Shortly thereafter, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Tibetan
IFAW campaigned with COMARINO to win this decree.
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

gear replacement project is preventing right whale When disaster strikes, IFAW
rushes to the rescue.
entanglements and saving local livelihoods. 2,100 18,000 African penguins
miles of dangerous floating fishing line has been replaced. saved by IFAW head home,
and a population is protected.
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 IFAW led an international
scientific research – ended a hunt for beluga whales in outcry to stop the beluga hunt
before the first shipment of
the Sea of Okhotsk in less than a week. whale meat reached Japan.
The plight of Canada’s beautiful seal
pups has won support around the world.
© DAVID WHITE/IFAW
Printed on recycled paper © 2006 IFAW © IFAW
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.
© 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
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.
Through CLAW, healthy pets contribute
to the health of communities.
SAVING ANIMALS SUCCESS IN THE HALLS OF POWER
AND THEIR HABITATS 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
IFAW helped win a historic ivory ban by joining other
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). After an arduous 16-year campaign by IFAW’s UK staff to stop the cruel sport of
Following the Treasure oil spill off the coast of Cape Town,
hunting with dogs, Britain’s Parliament finally banned hunting foxes, deer, hares and
mink with dogs.
South Africa – the world’s worst coastal bird disaster – IFAW
led rescue efforts to clean and rehabilitate 18,000 In the United States, IFAW was instrumental in the passage of the US Captive Wildlife
African penguins. Safety Act, banning the interstate trade of big cats for commercial purposes and as
© IFAW/KUNS pets. IFAW also succeeded in efforts to enact five state laws to prohibit the ownership of certain
IFAW has received worldwide recognition for
wild animals as pets.
emergency response to both natural and man-made disasters.
In another great victory for animals, Mexico prohibited the import, export and re-
IFAW worked with the Wildlife Trust of India to ban shahtoosh weaving in the state of
export of marine mammals and primates, as well as products made from them.
Jammu and Kashmir. Shortly thereafter, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Tibetan
IFAW campaigned with COMARINO to win this decree.
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

gear replacement project is preventing right whale When disaster strikes, IFAW
rushes to the rescue.
entanglements and saving local livelihoods. 2,100 18,000 African penguins
miles of dangerous floating fishing line has been replaced. saved by IFAW head home,
and a population is protected.
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 IFAW led an international
scientific research – ended a hunt for beluga whales in outcry to stop the beluga hunt
before the first shipment of
the Sea of Okhotsk in less than a week. whale meat reached Japan.
The plight of Canada’s beautiful seal
pups has won support around the world.
© DAVID WHITE/IFAW
Printed on recycled paper © 2006 IFAW © IFAW
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.
© 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
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.
Through CLAW, healthy pets contribute
to the health of communities.
SAVING ANIMALS SUCCESS IN THE HALLS OF POWER
AND THEIR HABITATS 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
IFAW helped win a historic ivory ban by joining other
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). After an arduous 16-year campaign by IFAW’s UK staff to stop the cruel sport of
Following the Treasure oil spill off the coast of Cape Town,
hunting with dogs, Britain’s Parliament finally banned hunting foxes, deer, hares and
mink with dogs.
South Africa – the world’s worst coastal bird disaster – IFAW
led rescue efforts to clean and rehabilitate 18,000 In the United States, IFAW was instrumental in the passage of the US Captive Wildlife
African penguins. Safety Act, banning the interstate trade of big cats for commercial purposes and as
© IFAW/KUNS pets. IFAW also succeeded in efforts to enact five state laws to prohibit the ownership of certain
IFAW has received worldwide recognition for
wild animals as pets.
emergency response to both natural and man-made disasters.
In another great victory for animals, Mexico prohibited the import, export and re-
IFAW worked with the Wildlife Trust of India to ban shahtoosh weaving in the state of
export of marine mammals and primates, as well as products made from them.
Jammu and Kashmir. Shortly thereafter, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Tibetan
IFAW campaigned with COMARINO to win this decree.
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

gear replacement project is preventing right whale When disaster strikes, IFAW
rushes to the rescue.
entanglements and saving local livelihoods. 2,100 18,000 African penguins
miles of dangerous floating fishing line has been replaced. saved by IFAW head home,
and a population is protected.
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 IFAW led an international
scientific research – ended a hunt for beluga whales in outcry to stop the beluga hunt
before the first shipment of
the Sea of Okhotsk in less than a week. whale meat reached Japan.
The plight of Canada’s beautiful seal
pups has won support around the world.
© DAVID WHITE/IFAW
Printed on recycled paper © 2006 IFAW © IFAW
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.
© 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
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.
Through CLAW, healthy pets contribute
to the health of communities.
SAVING ANIMALS SUCCESS IN THE HALLS OF POWER
AND THEIR HABITATS 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
IFAW helped win a historic ivory ban by joining other
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). After an arduous 16-year campaign by IFAW’s UK staff to stop the cruel sport of
Following the Treasure oil spill off the coast of Cape Town,
hunting with dogs, Britain’s Parliament finally banned hunting foxes, deer, hares and
mink with dogs.
South Africa – the world’s worst coastal bird disaster – IFAW
led rescue efforts to clean and rehabilitate 18,000 In the United States, IFAW was instrumental in the passage of the US Captive Wildlife
African penguins. Safety Act, banning the interstate trade of big cats for commercial purposes and as
© IFAW/KUNS pets. IFAW also succeeded in efforts to enact five state laws to prohibit the ownership of certain
IFAW has received worldwide recognition for
wild animals as pets.
emergency response to both natural and man-made disasters.
In another great victory for animals, Mexico prohibited the import, export and re-
IFAW worked with the Wildlife Trust of India to ban shahtoosh weaving in the state of
export of marine mammals and primates, as well as products made from them.
Jammu and Kashmir. Shortly thereafter, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Tibetan
IFAW campaigned with COMARINO to win this decree.
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

gear replacement project is preventing right whale When disaster strikes, IFAW
rushes to the rescue.
entanglements and saving local livelihoods. 2,100 18,000 African penguins
miles of dangerous floating fishing line has been replaced. saved by IFAW head home,
and a population is protected.
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 IFAW led an international
scientific research – ended a hunt for beluga whales in outcry to stop the beluga hunt
before the first shipment of
the Sea of Okhotsk in less than a week. whale meat reached Japan.
The plight of Canada’s beautiful seal
pups has won support around the world.
© DAVID WHITE/IFAW
Printed on recycled paper © 2006 IFAW © IFAW
LIFE RETURNS TO ACHIEVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD
THE AFRICAN PLAINS 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
IFAW’s five-year, US$1.25 issues. Important achievements include:
million commitment helped
revamp security,
protect habitat
and increase and our shared world
■

■
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.
VICTORIESfor animals, people
tourism at Kenya’s Over the years, the International Fund for Animal
■ As part of the coalition Acción de Lucha Anti-petrolera, IFAW won a decisive victory for Costa Rica’s
famous Meru Caribbean coastal environment and communities when the Ministry of the Environment and Energy
National Park.
Welfare (IFAW) has won a number of important denied a company’s request to drill for oil near the port city of Moín.
More than 60 victories, advancing the welfare of animals and ■ A groundbreaking resolution in the European Parliament called for a moratorium on the use of
elephants, over people and protecting vital habitat around the world. high-intensity active sonar in EU waters.
600 common
zebras, 19
■ Victory in Canada: Ending the spring bear hunt in Ontario.
rhinos, ■ In China, IFAW’s micro-credit loan project helped farmers
411 impalas, and whose crops were damaged by elephants find alternate sources of
60 reticulated income. It was so successful, the US Fish and Wildlife Service
giraffes and other continued funding and the local government implemented a
spectacular hunting ban.
wildlife were ■ IFAW is the leading proponent of responsible whale
relocated to
their rightful
watching. This growing industry now brings US$1.25
billion to coastal communities in 90 countries and territories
grazing lands.
worldwide.
IFAW is helping to conserve more than 84,940 sq. km IFAW successfully campaigned to stop
of habitat for elephants and other wildlife across development of a massive salt plant in Baja,
Africa, India and China. Our new Song of the Whale vessel has logged more
than 40,000 nautical miles conducting non-invasive Mexico, where gray whales and their calves bring
research, educational outreach and awareness whale-watching income to local communities.
campaigns from the Caribbean to Iceland.
Scientists onboard pioneer acoustic techniques to
monitor whales without harming them.
© IFAW © IFAW/CLAIRE LACEY

A mark of success: five white rhinos gave birth

IFAW works to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by
to healthy babies at Meru National Park. 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 A Better World for Animals and People
© IFAW
welfare and conservation policies that advance the well-being of both animals and people. © IFAW