Animal health, well-being, and rights

1. General sites with focus on many types of animal;
2. Specialized sites that focus on one type of animal;
3. Miscellaneous documents and images; and
4. Related subjects in the Virtual Library.

Please mail sbr@world.std.com if you know of relevant animal-related WWW information that cannot be found through these listings. The Virtual Library may also be used to locate information on other subjects.

1. General sites with focus on many types of animal

• NetVet includes a wide range of animal-related Internet resources.
• Econet and EE-Link both have pages regarding endangered species:
  • Econet Endangered Species Site
  • EE-Link Endangered Species Site
• The Animal Rights Resource Site (ARRS) includes a list of:
  • Animal rights-related WWW sites
• The Wildlife Rehabilitation Information Directory
• The Yahoo site includes an Animals, Insects and Pets index.

2. Specialized sites with focus on one type of animal

Bats

• Bat Conservation International

Bears

• The Bear Den

Birds and Poultry

• Birding on the Web
• Birdlinks
• Birds: Our Environmental Indicators
• Coalition to Prevent the Destruction of Canada Geese
• The Penguin Page
• We're Parrots Too!
• The Online Book of Parrots
• The Pet Bird Page
• The Raptor Center
• Ratite Home Page (flightless birds, including emus, cassowaries, ostriches, rheas)
• United Poultry Concerns
• Feathersite Poultry Pages

Bison

• Center for Bison Studies

Cats

• Cat Fanciers' Home Page
• Rec.pets.cats FAQs
• Feline Leukemia Virus FAQ

Cheetah

• Cheetah Spot

Cows

• NetVet's Cows Page
• National Cattlemen's Association's "Cowtown America"
• Spongiform Encephalopathies: Link to BSE and CJD Resources

Crocodiles and Alligators

• Crocodilians on the Net
• FAQs About Alligators And Their Kin

Dogs

• List of Canine WWW Sites
  
• Sobre el fascinante mundo canino (The Wonderful Canine World)
  
• Welcome to Purdue Dogs!
  
• Rec.pets.dogs FAQs
• African Wild Dog

Dolphins

• Dave's Whale and Dolphin Watch
• Earthtrust
• The Dolphin Alliance

Elephants

• Elephant Links

Elk

• In memory of Samson, the elk

Ferrets

• Ferret Central
• Ferret FAQ

Fish

• Fish (Virtual Library section)
• Pisces

Foxes

• Adam's Fox Box

Frogs

• Froggy Page
• Declining Amphibian Population Task Force

Gerbils

• The National Gerbil Society
• Gerbil Information Page

Guinea Pigs

• Guinea Pig Related Web Sites
• Guinea Pig FAQ

Hamsters

• The Hamster Page
• Complete Hamster Site

Hedgehogs

• Hedgehog Friends
• Hedgehog Hollow

Horses

• Equestrian Information, Pictures and Texts
• Hay.net

Hyenas

• Hyenas

Insects

• The Insects Home Page
• Insects on WWW (Virginia Tech)

Mice

• The Rat and Mouse Club of America
• Rat and Mouse FAQs

Opossums

• Skunk and Opossum Page

Pigs

• American Association of Swine Practitioners
• Boss Hog: North Carolina's Pork Revolution
• Pigs, a sanctuary
• Bacon

Primates

• Wisconsin Regional Primate Center
• Les gorilles
• Mountain Gorilla Protection
• The Orangutan Foundation
• Jane Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmental Studies
• Primate Gallery

Rabbits

• House Rabbit Society
• Companion Rabbit FAQ
• Pet Bunny Homepage

Raccoons

• The World Wide Raccoon Web

Rats

• The Rat and Mouse Club of America
• Rats!

Seals

• Mediterranean Monk Seal

Shrews

• The Shrew (-ist's) Site

Skunks

• Skunk and Opossum Page

Snakes

• Massachusetts Snakes
• SNAKE-RELATED WEBSITES ON THE WWW

Tigers

• International Tiger Information Center

Turtles

• Turtle Trax - A Marine Turtle Page

Wolves

• Wolves on the Web

3. Miscellaneous documents and images

• Getting a Pet
• Dr. Temple Grandin's Web Page
• Animal Rights Law Center
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
• European CONVENTION for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
• The Animal Protection Act (Sweden)
• USDA Animal Welfare Information Center
• Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
• Canadian Animal Network
• AVMA Care for Pets Page
• Ahimsa
• Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine
• Earthtrust (dolphins, whales, driftnets, etc.)
• Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources
• Human-Animal Relationship
• Not Just Cows
• Vetonet
• AcmePet
• ProMED - Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases
• Veterinary Medicine Libraries
• Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
• Alternatives to Animal Testing Website
• European Federation Against Hunting
• Les Sources d'Information en Medecine Veterinaire
• Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights
• EpiVetNet: Veterinary Epidemiology WWW Site
• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
• Lab Animal Home Page
• Vegan Action Home Page

4. Related subjects in the Virtual Library:

• Livestock