1. African Elephant | IFAW Web Site
the lifetime of the animal and therefore are largest in old animals.
Elephants use their tusks for food gathering and carrying, and as
weapons.Like the Asian elephant, the African elephant uses its trunk
(elongation of the nose and
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/save_animals/elephants/african_elephant.php - 56.5kb
2. Common minke whale / Antarctic minke whale | IFAW Web Site
landed 3,172 minke whales. Japan has also been whaling under the banner of "scientific whaling." Between 1990 and 1999, Japan landed a total of 3,751 minke whales from the Antarctic, including some dwarf minke whales.Between 1994 and 2000,
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/save_animals/whales/common_minke_whale_-_antarctic_minke_whale.php - 62.9kb
3. Short-finned pilot whale | IFAW Web Site
not well defined, except off Japan where two morphologically distinct, allopatric forms have been recognised. Off Japan, the northern form numbers only an estimated 4,600 animals. The southern form is estimated to number 53,000 individuals.
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/save_animals/dolphins/short-finned_pilot_whale.php - 57.2kb
4. National & Regional Efforts | IFAW Web Site
global campaigns for
animals.
Yet we are just as fiercely committed to saving individual groups of animals
who face a specific local threat.
Learn more about our regional and national efforts to help
animals and people live in
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_canada_english/join_campaigns/national_and_regional_efforts/index.php - 46.0kb
5. Basking Shark | IFAW Web Site
Peru, Ecuador, China, Japan and New Zealand.Today, small basking shark fisheries operate in Norway from April or May to August or September. China and Japan hunt basking sharks for their fins, which are used in fin soup, and for their
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/save_animals/other/basking_shark.php - 58.6kb
6. Bottlenose dolphin | IFAW Web Site
occur in Peru, Sri Lanka and Japan for human consumption.
Live capture for display in aquaria has affected some populations as well with
more than 1,500 being taken from the waters of the U.S. by 1980. Live capture
continues today in
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/save_animals/dolphins/bottlenose_dolphin.php - 50.9kb
7. Gray whale | IFAW Web Site
Animal Action Education
National & Regional Efforts
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/save_animals/whales/gray_whale.php - 58.8kb
8. Right whale | IFAW Web Site
Animal Action Education
National & Regional Efforts
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/save_animals/whales/right_whale.php - 58.0kb
9. Sei whale | IFAW Web Site
Animal Action Education
National & Regional Efforts
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/save_animals/whales/sei_whale.php - 60.1kb
10. Asiatic black bear or Moon bear | IFAW Web Site
China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Lao People’s
Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia,
Thailand, Vietnam, and the region of Taiwan China.Moon bears are
omnivorous, feeding on both plants and
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/save_animals/bears/asiatic_black_bear_or_moon_bear.php - 53.5kb
Information Centre of