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  • African Wild Dog Conservation Fund
  • Alberta - Resources Development and Wildlife
  • American Goat Society - Founded in 1935, AGS registers, certifies and keeps track of bloodlines for purebred goats.
  • ANZCCART - Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching.
  • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Facts, information and current updates concerning the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, and proposals to open this region for oil exploration.
  • Association of Zoos and Aquariums - a network of over 6,000 zoo and aquarium professionals.
  • Bat Conservation International - located in Austin, Texas, is determined to inform people of the vital role bats perform in maintaining our fragile ecosystem.
  • Best Friends Animal Society - works with humane groups, individuals and entire communities to set up spay/neuter, shelter, foster and adoption programs in neighborhoods, cities, and states throughout the country. Through this work, Best Friends is helping to save and rehabilitate tens of thousands of animals each year.
  • Bugsy's Animal Network - Working to end animal abuse, neglect and increase animal adoptions
  • Cochrane Wildlife Reserve
  • The Fund for Animals - Founded in 1967 "to speak for those who can't," The Fund for Animals is the nation's leading antihunting organization.
  • Elephant Sanctuary, The - Founded in 1995, The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, is the largest natural habitat developed specifically for endangered African and Asian elephants.
  • Farm Sanctuary - Started in 1986, Farm Sanctuary combats the abuses of factory farming and to encourage a new awareness and understanding about "farm animals." At Farm Sanctuary, these animals are our friends, not our food.
  • House Rabbit Society - Founded in 1988, HRS has recued 25,000 rabbits. Its mission is to rescure abandoned rabbits and educate rabbit owners to better understand these gentle and often misunderstood companion animals.
  • International Cat Association, The - The International Cat Association (TICA) has thousands of members and hundreds of clubs around the world in Latin America, North America, Asia, and Europe that host cat shows all year.
  • International League for the Protection of Horses - The ILPH is dedicated to preventing and alleviating equine suffering worldwide.
  • International Marinelife Alliance - dedicated to the protection of marinelife forms and the conservation of their habitat.
  • IPPL - International Primate Protection League - working continuously for the well-being of primates. IPPL has representatives in 24 countries, amny of whom are experts in zoology, anthropology, medicine, or biology and have lived with primates in nature.
  • National Wildlife Federation - America's largest grassroots organization featuring an environmental education resource center with information and classroom activities.
  • Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary - a haven to all wild and exotic animals in their time of need.
  • Peregrine Fund, The - working to conserve biological diversity and enhance environmental health of birds by focusing on management and conservation of species and their habitat, and through education and scientific investigation.
  • PETA On-Line - Operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.
  • PIGS a Sanctuary - Haven for abused and abandoned pot bellied pigs
  • Skunk Haven - an international rescue and assistance group that will help anyone with their pet skunks.
  • SPA : Societe Protectrice Des Animaux (France) - The Society for the Protection of Animals acts everyday to protect the animal life and it's environment.
  • Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Home Page - Tennessee Walking Horse information and links to other equestrin related sites
  • Wolf Haven International - mission is working for wolf conservation.
  • World Society for the Protection of Animals - Providing hands-on help to animals in those countries where the term "animal protection" is seldom heard.
  • World Wildlife Fund - Founded in 1961, the WWF has worked towards the protection of endangered species. Their mission is to use the best conservation science available and work with people to find solutions to save the marvelous array of life on our planet.
  • Zoe Foundation, The - dedicated to helping endangered tigers. Learn about the project to save the Corbetti, an endangered Indo-Chinese tiger.

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.