The International Fund for Animal Welfare's country director for the East African office James Isiche talks about our work in Kenya and beyond. For more information please visit www.ifaw.org/kenya
Update: IFAW is now on the ground in Texas and Louisiana following Hurricane Ike. Read an update from IFAW Emergency Rescue team member Michael Booth currently on the ground in Lake Charles, Louisiana rescuing family pets and other animals.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare's Emergency Response Manager for Disasters Dick Green speaks about IFAW's work helping the state and people of Louisiana coordinate their relief efforts.
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More Coverage:
September 4: Pets and Residents Begin to Return Home
Septebmer 2: Good News from Louisiana!
September 1: Update from Louisiana
Augsut 31: Udpate from Louisiana
August 30: Team Deployed to Louisiana in Advance of Hurricane Gustav making landfall
The International Fund for Animal Welfare's J.C. Bouvier spoke with Colleen Cullen, IFAW's Elephant Communications Officer about South Africa's recent management announcements. This podcast runs about 4 minutes.
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In this episode of the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Wildlife Trade Podcast, Lynn Levine talks about her highlight "Quote of 2007" that essentially says most of the illegal materials sold with claims of being made from tiger bone may, in fact, be made from the bones of other animals.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare is responding to a mysterious oil spill off the coast of Argentina. IFAW's Oil Spill Emergency Response Manager Barbara Callahan took a few minutes to brief me on the situation and talks a bit about how complicated the process to clean oiled wildlife can be...
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In this edition of the Elephant News Podcast, IFAW Communications officer Colleen Cullen talks about the handing over of land purchased with IFAWs support by the Wildlife Trust of India to the government of India...a historic event and a great step forward for elephants.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare's Barbara Callahan filed this blog and podcast report on the recent spill in California...she is helping to direct rescue and rehabilitation efforts...she urges people who may find oiled birds or who want to volunteer to visit the ibrrc.org website for proper contact numbers...in no instance should oiled birds be handled by untrained personnel.
Just wanted to give everyone an update on the Cosco Busan oil spill in the San Francisco Bay. As you may know, the Cosco Busan spilled 58,000 gallons of intermediate fuel oil under the Bay Bridge on November 7.
This is the largest spill in California in decades - the most recent significant spill was the Cape Mohican in 1996, spilling 40,000 gallons. The largest spill in area waters happened in 1984 when the Puerto Rican, spilled 1.5 million gallons of oil in the open ocean off the Golden Gate in 1984. In contrast the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska spilled 11 million gallons of oil. Some members of the IBRRC response team spent six months helping save wildlife in that spill.
The oil spilled from the Cosco Busan (a Hanjin owned cargo ship - Korean) has fouled over 40 miles of coastline and so far the State of California has closed 16 beaches. The spill has impacted prime habitat for large groups of wintering birds, including primarily scoter, grebe and gull species. This early in the spill, it is difficult to estimate the impact on wildlife but we are preparing for a significantly larger number of oiled birds.
As part of the California Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN), Int'l Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) has been fully activated and are fielding teams for search and collection, transportation and rehabilitation of oiled birds. Oiled wildlife is being taken to the San Francisco Bay Oiled Wildlife Care and Education Center (IBRRC Headquarters in Fairfield) and at this time, there are approximately 80 oiled birds in care.
The State of California has activated resources from many groups including, OWCN, IBRRC, CA Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response, State Parks and many other Network participants. For the latest information please check the IBRRC website at: www.ibrrc.org.
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The International Fund for Animal Welfare sent a team to California to assist the community responders during the recent wildfires there.
In this Podcast, Emergency Relief Managers Barbara Callahan and Dick Green take a few minutes to reflect on what they were able to do and see on the ground during this crisis. Please click on the link below to listen and visit IFAW.org for more detailed information.
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Hello again everyone, happy to let you know that episode 4 of the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Elephant News Podcast is now available both here at animalrescueblog.org and in iTunes by the end of the day. Many thanks to all who are listening! Please leave any feedback here in the comments.
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Here is a link to some notes from the show:
Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species (CITES)
http://www.cites.org/
Chilli-bombs, crackers to chase jumbos (India)
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14538717
Here it is, the 3rd episode of the International Fund for Animal
Welfare's Elephants in the News Podcast. Wildlife and Habitat
Protection Elephant Communications officer Colleen Cullen talks about how the African bushmeat trade affects wildlife and how IFAW is helping poorer communities deal with rampant poaching.
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