Activities
- Locally and globally, IFAW conducts marine mammal research and educate from their ship, called Song of the Whale.
- Rescuing and releasing whales, dolphins and porpoises that have stranded or been entangled in nets and fishing gear.
- Promoting whale watching, as an alternative to whale hunting.
- IFAW aims to protect the last 350 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, and have developed acoustic detection systems, and collaborate with lobstermen, commercial fishers and shipping industries to prevent collisions with ships and gear entanglements.
- Through the Animal Action Week, the IFAW educate more than two million children worldwide, about animal welfare and wildlife conservation issues.
- Through their Community-Linked Animal Welfare (CLAW) projects, the IFAW aims to help companion animals in underserved communities around the world.
- IFAW have training for or trained customs officers and game wardens in many countries, to prevent the killing of endangered species.
- Carrying out legislative and educational campaigns across the globe. This is an effort to try to prevent cruelty to animals, preserve endangered species, and protect wildlife habitats.
IFAW's AICD department was merged with its wildlife and habitat to create one department known as Programs. This was due to larger restructuring efforts underway mainly resulting from greatly reduced funding. IFAW also reduced its workforce by more than 100 employees worldwide.
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