Animal Welfare Inc

COMBATTING WILDLIFE CRIME IN MALAWI- ZAMBIA TRANSBOUNDARY LANDSCAPE

USAID FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR PROGRAMS OVERSEAS

IFAW WILL WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF GUYANA INDONESIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO COMBAT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING

SECURE WILDLIFE ON KEY TRANSBOUNDARY COMMUNITY AND NATIONALLY GAZETTED LANDS, AND INTERDICT AND PREVENT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN KENYA.

ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING OF LIVE CHEETAHS FOR THE PET TRADE, ZOO, AND OTHER WILDLIFE BASED ATTRACTIONS REPRESENTS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE SPECIES THE DRIVERS OF THE PET TRADE ARE COMPLEX, VARIED, AND INADEQUATELY RESEARCHED CHEETAH HAVE BEEN TRADED AND KEPT AS PETS FOR CENTURIES BUT THE CURRENT ITERATION OF THIS PRACTICE OCCURS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF SIGNIFICANT POPULATION DECLINE, HABITAT LOSS, AND THE WIDESPREAD CULTURAL PERMEATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SUPERCHARGING DEMAND AND AVAILABILITY AND MAKING THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES HIGHLY UNCERTAIN TO DATE, MOST ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE HAVE FOCUSED ON THE SUPPLY SIDE AND ON LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO DISRUPT TRAFFICKING LESS FOCUS HAS BEEN ON ADDRESSING OR UNDERSTANDING THE DRIVERS OF DEMAND, ESPECIALLY USING THE LENS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATIONS SBCC , WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON SPECIFIC AUDIENCE IDENTIFICATION AND DISAGGREGATION AND HYPER TARGETED MESSAGING AS OPPOSED TO BROAD AWARENESS RAISING CAMPAIGNS IFAW WILL LEVERAGE TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA TO BLEND LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING WITH FORMATIVE RESEARCH INTO THE DRIVERS OF DEMAND AND INITIAL EFFORTS TO TACKLE IT BY ADDRESSING BOTH THE INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITIES OF NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND DEVELOPING THE FORMATIVE RESEARCH AND PILOT CAMPAIGN TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS DEMAND, THE PROJECT WILL SEEK TO NAVIGATE THE INHERENT, COMPLEX POLITICAL CHALLENGES AND CREATE A MODEL FOR SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT WITH STATES THAT CAN BE ADAPTED TO OTHER CONTEXTS AND SPECIES EXPECTED PROJECT OUTCOMES INCLUDE IMPROVED INTERAGENCY, NATIONAL, AND REGIONAL COLLABORATION TO ADDRESS CHEETAH TRAFFICKING, IMPROVED CAPACITY TO COMBAT CHEETAH TRAFFICKING ONLINE AND AT BORDER POINTS, IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRIVERS OF CHEETAH OWNERSHIP, AND IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS OF THE RISKS OF CHEETAH OWNERSHIP TO EVENTUALLY REDUCE DEMAND FOR CHEETAHS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

REDUCED WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN MALAWI THROUGH ENHANCED CAPACITIES OF THE DNPW RANGERS AND THE JUDICIARY (JUDGES, MAGISTRATES AND PROSECUTORS) TO COMBAT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING.

COMBAT TRAFFICKING BETWEEN DRC AND UGANDA

CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP IN THE CARIBBEAN (CLIC)

ENHANCING CETACEAN RESPONSE THROUGH TRAINING AND COLLABORATION PROJECT OBJECTIVES: THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO INCREASE STRANDED CETACEAN RESPONSE CAPACITY IN THE GREATER ATLANTIC REGION NETWORK. THE FOLLOWING PROJECT OBJECTIVES REPRESENT CRITICAL STEPS TOWARD ACHIEVING THIS GOAL: 1. PROVIDE LIVE-STRANDED CETACEAN TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT TO A MINIMUM OF 10 NETWORK MEMBERS THROUGH IN-PERSON TRAINING AT THE CETACEAN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, REAL-TIME REMOTE CONSULTATIONS, TRAINING, AND OUT-OF-AREA RESPONSES. 2. IMPROVE CARE OF AND DISPOSITION DECISIONS FOR 5 LIVE STRANDED CETACEANS MEETING THE CASE-SELECTION CRITERIA AT THE CETACEAN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. 3. INCREASE NETWORK CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO DEAD LARGE WHALE STRANDINGS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF 6 HANDS-ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH IN- OR OUT-OF-AREA RESPONSES.

THE GRAVITY OF THE THREATS POSED BY THE TRADE IN NEOTROPICAL SONGBIRDS FOR COMPETITIVE KEEPING IN THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN AND GUIANA SHIELD SCGS AND COMMUNITIES ABROAD DEMANDS INNOVATIVE CONCERTED AND COLLABORATED RESPONSES. TO MEET THIS DEMAND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION INITIATIVES INC. GREEN HERITAGE FUND SURINAME AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE ARE PARTNERING TO RESEARCH AND ADDRESS THE TRADE IN SONGBIRDS FOR SINGING COMPETITIONS IN THE SCGS AND COMMUNITIES ABROAD. THE CONSORTIUM WILL CONDUCT THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES 1. SONGBIRD HEALTH AND WELFARE ASSESSMENT 2. SYNTHESIS OF EXISTING DATA ON THE DECLINE OF WILD SONGBIRDS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND SURINAME 3. PARTICIPATORY TRADE CHAIN MAPPING AND UNDERSTANDING KEY CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SONGBIRD TRADE IN THE SCGS AND COMMUNITIES ABROAD 4. LEGAL REVIEW OF EXISTING LAWS AND 5. OUTREACH TO STAKEHOLDERS FOR COALITION BUILDING IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND SURINAME.

ADVANCING LIVE AND DEAD MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING RESPONSE AND INVESTIGATION ON CAPE COD AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

THROUGH THIS PROJECT, THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW) WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THE US MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK (NETWORK) TO RESPOND TO LIVE STRANDED CETACEANS (WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES); CONTINUE PROVIDING SHORT-TERM CARE TO SELECT STRANDED CETACEANS ON CAPE COD AT IFAWS CETACEAN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (CICU); AND COLLABORATE WITH RESEARCHERS AND OTHER NETWORK MEMBERS TO TEST AND FURTHER DEVELOP A DIAGNOSTIC TOOLTHE CETASPIRO SPIROMETERTO BETTER EVALUATE RESPIRATORY HEALTH IN STRANDED CETACEANS. THE WORK PROVIDES TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIONAL NETWORK MEMBERS TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN KEY COMPONENTS OF LIVE CETACEAN STRANDING RESPONSE, INCLUDING SAFE HANDLING, SUPPORTIVE CARE, CLINICAL SKILLS, DECISION-MAKING, TRANSPORT, TAGGING, RELEASE, AND EUTHANASIA WHILE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CASES ADMITTED TO IFAWS CICU. HANDS-ON TRAINING WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY ONLINE RESOURCES THROUGH IFAWS ACADEMY FOR RESCUE AND CONSERVATION (ARC), WHICH CAN BE SHARED BROADLY NATIONWIDE, INCREASING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND CAPACITY BUILDING WITHIN THE NETWORK. ADDITIONALLY, THE WORK WILL SUPPORT HANDS-ON TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR COLLABORATORS TO FURTHER DEVELOP PROTOCOLS FOR FIELD APPLICATION OF THE CETASPIRO TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG DISEASE IN STRANDED CETACEANS. THE OVERARCHING OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT ARE: (1) LIVE CETACEAN STRANDING PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE SKILLS, AND SAFETY ARE IMPROVED WITHIN THE NETWORK; (2) ELIGIBLE CICU PATIENTS RECEIVE SHORT-TERM REHABILITATION RESULTING IN IMPROVED DISPOSITION DECISIONS AND POST-RELEASE SURVIVAL; AND (3) A NEW LUNG HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IS APPLIED IN STRANDED CETACEANS TO IMPROVE HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND DISPOSITION DECISIONS. TOGETHER, THESE OUTCOMES WILL HELP TO ADVANCE THE RESPONSE TO AND WELFARE OF LIVE STRANDED CETACEANS WITHIN THE NETWORK AND IMPROVE THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF DATA COLLECTED FROM LIVE CETACEANS.

ENHANCING SAMPLE AND DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS FROM DEAD STRANDED MARINE MAMMALS

IMPROVING DATA COLLECTION AND HUMAN SAFETY IN LIVE MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING RESPONSE

CRITICAL DATABASE RENOVATION FOR STRANDING EVENT AND NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE MORTALITY DATA CURATION

PHARMACOLOGICAL DESENSITIZATION OF SELECT LARGE WHALE ENTANGLEMENT CASES TO IMPROVE DISENTANGLEMENT EFFICACY AND SAFETY

PINNIPED ENTANGLEMENT INVESTIGATION AND RESPONSE IN THE NORTHEASTERN U.S.

ENHANCING SMALL CETACEAN FIELD DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENTS

EXPANDING LARGE WHALE MEDICAL INTERVENTION AND RESEARCH CAPACITY

ENHANCING BRUCELLA SURVEILLANCE AND DIAGNOSIS OF BRUCELLOSIS IN SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHINS (DELPHINUS DELPHIS) ON CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS

PROJECT OBJECTIVES: THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE RESPONSE TO AND WELFARE OF STRANDED CETACEANS IN THE NETWORK. THE FOLLOWING PROJECT OBJECTIVES REPRESENT CRITICAL STEPS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THIS GOAL: 1. PROVIDE HANDS-ON LIVE STRANDED CETACEAN TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO A MINIMUM OF 10 VISITING GREATER ATLANTIC REGION NETWORK MEMBERS IN THE FIELD AND AT THE CETACEAN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. 2. IMPROVE CARE OF AND DISPOSITION DECISIONS FOR 5 LIVE STRANDED CETACEANS THAT ARE BORDERLINE RELEASE CANDIDATES AT THE CETACEAN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. 3. INCREASE NETWORK CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO CETACEAN STRANDINGS THROUGH A MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND COLLABORATION WITH A MINIMUM OF 10 STRANDING NETWORK AGENCIES.

EMERGING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LEADERS (EWCL)

FROM HEALTH TO HEARING: ENHANCING STRANDING RESPONSE, DIAGNOSTICS, AND DATA COLLECTION ON CAPE COD, MA

UTILIZING AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL TO ASSESS THE AUDITORY CAPABILITIES OF MASS AND SINGLE STRANDED SMALL ODONTOCETES ON CAPE COD AND SOUTHEASTERN MA

IMPROVED STRANDING RESPONSE AND DATA COLLECTION THROUGH COLLABORATION

ADVANCEMENT IN REHABILITATIVE CARE OF LIVE STRANDED PINNIPEDS IN THE SOUTHERN SALISH SEA: TREATMENT-DATA COLLECTION AND COMPILATION, WATER QUALITY, A

LARGE WHALE AND GENERAL NECROPSY SUPPORT, READINESS, AND CAPACITY BUILDING WITHIN THE GREATER ATLANTIC REGION

SHARING SPACE WITH CHINA S ELEPHANTS

REFUGES: EMERGING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LEADERS

THE RECIPIENT WILL CAPTURE AS MANY AS SIXTY ELEPHANTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE PROTECTED, PHIRILONGWE

SHARING SPACE WITH CHINA'S ELEPHANTS.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO REGIONAL PANEL ON AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES

TABLETOP EXERCISE TO TEST HOUSEHOLD PETS SUPPORT TASK FORCE

CARIBBEAN EMERGING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LEADERS

EMERGING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LEADERS

THIS AWARD AIMS TO IMPROVE COORDINATION ON WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN.

REFUGES: EMERGING WILDLIFE CONS LEADERS

SCIENTIST CENTER FOR ANIMAL WELFARE

SCIENTIST CENTER FOR

SUPPORT FOR THE 2015 GREATER ATLANTIC REGION STRANDING CONFERENCE HOSTED BY INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE

SCOPE OF WORK: THE ROLE OF THE IFAW STAFF PRIMARILY KATIE MOORE IS TO ACQUIRE AND VET THE GLOBAL MASS STRANDING DATA FOR USE IN THE PROJECT. THE DATA TO BE USED IN THE PROJECT INCLUDE MULTIAGENCY AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION CETACEAN STRANDING DATA AND PUBLISHED MASS STRANDING RECORDS. SPECIFIC DUTIES INCLUDE: QUERY US NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL HEALTH AND STRANDING RESPONSE DATABASE TO ACQUIRE MASS STRANDING DATA IDENTIFY SOURCES OF ACCURATE MASS STRANDING DATA PRIORITIZING KNOWN MASS STRANDING HOTSPOTS SUCH AS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AND AREAS WITH HIGHLY ACCURATE STRANDING RECORDS CONDUCT QUALITY CONTROL TO VERIFY MASS STRANDING DATA AND ELIMINATE ERRONEOUSLY CATEGORIZED RECORDS COLLATE DATA AS GUIDED BY COINVESTIGATORS TO FACILITATE ANALYSES PARTICIPATE IN INTERPRETATION PROVIDE RELEVANT UPDATES FOR QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS ASSIST IN DRAFTING FINAL PROJECT REPORT PARTICIPATE IN MANUSCRIPT DRAFTING AND EDITING.

SAFEGUARDING VIABLE ELEPHANT HABITAT FOR LONG-TERM SPECIES SURVIVAL, TSAVO ECOSYSTEM, KENYA, YEAR FIVE