Appalachian Bear Center (ABC) ABC is a not-for-profit organization that rehabilitates black bears. ABC's rehabilitation, research and education facility is located outside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Balikpapan Orangutan Society (BOS-USA) BOS-USA is an independent US nonprofit organization, working to support orangutan conservation and to raise awareness of the plight of the orangutan. BOS-USA supports projects in Indonesia and Malaysia that protect orangutans and their natural habitat.
Defenders of Wildlife Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities and focuses on the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological diversity, habitat alteration and destruction.
Endangered Primate Rescue Center (EPRC)
EPRC is located in Vietnam's Cuc Phuong National Park and is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, breeding, research and conservation of the endangered primates.
Endangered Species Coalition (ESC) ESC is the guardian of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) and works to defend and protect the ESA and to make the vision a reality.
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA): Species in Peril EIA's Species in Peril site focuses on endangered species that are threatened with extinction due to illegal trade in body parts, over-hunting and destruction of their natural habitat.
International Primate Protection League (IPPL) IPPL tracks down international smugglers who are decimating the world's last remaining primates, assists primate rescue centers overseas, and operates its own sanctuary in the U.S. for rescued gibbons.
Save the Elephants (STE) STE works to secure a future for elephants and to sustain the beauty and ecological integrity of the places where they live.
American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) AAVS is a non-profit, animal advocacy and educational organization dedicated to ending experimentation on animals in research, testing, and education and to end other forms of animal cruelty.
AnimalConcerns.org AnimalConcerns.org is a project of the EnviroLink Network, a non-profit organization which provides access to online environmental and animal rights/welfare resources.
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) ALDF's mission is to protect the lives and advance the interest of animals through the legal system.
Animal Liberation Front (AFL)
AFL is small autonomous groups of people who work to liberate animals from places of abuse and place them in good homes where they may live out their natural lives, free from suffering.
Animal Protection Institute (API)
API is a national animal advocacy nonprofit organization, advocating for the protection of animals from cruelty and exploitation.
Animals Voice Animals Voice is the offspring of The Animals Voice Magazine. The site provides information, news, campaigns, boycotts, action alerts, editorials, and photography about animal rights and its defenders.
Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)
AWI is a non-profit charitable organization working to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.
Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends reaches across the nation, helping humane groups, individual people, and entire communities to set up spay/neuter, shelter, foster, and adoption programs in their own neighborhoods, cities, and states.
Earthtrust Earthtrust is an international nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to the preservation of wildlife, including dolphins and whales, and the natural environment.
Farm Sanctuary
Farm Sanctuary is a farm animal rescue and protection organization that is working to change the way society views and treats animals used for food production.
Friends of Animals, Inc.
Friends of Animals, Inc. is an international, non-profit, membership organization, working to protect animals from cruelty, abuse and institutionalized exploitation.
HumaneUSA Humane USA is a volunteer organization that serves as the nation's first major political action committee devoted to the task of electing humane-minded candidates to public office at the federal and state levels. Humane USA was formed by leaders of major animal protection organizations.
In Defense of Animals (IDA)
IDA is an international animal protection organization dedicated to ending the exploitation and abuse of animals by raising the status of animals and by defending their rights, welfare and habitat.
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) IFAW is an international animal welfare organization that is working to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation, protecting wildlife habitats, and assisting animals in distress.
Last Chance for Animals (LCA)
LCA advocates conscious and informed lifestyle decisions and disseminates information about societal animal abuse to improve the treatment of animals.
Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary
Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary is located in Oklahoma and rescues monkeys discarded as pets or from research facilities and provide a home for the lifetime of the animals.
Pet-Abuse.Com
Pet-Abuse.Com is a California non-profit organization working to increase public awareness of the animal cruelty.
Pet-Abuse.Com: Animal Abuse Crime Database Animal Abuse Crime Database is tied into a network of animal welfare and animal protection organizations across the country. It contains information on animal abuse cases, prevention, and abuse statistics.
PETA's Circus.com
PETA's Circus.com provides information on animals used in circuses, living a life of domination, confinement, and violent training.
Project Wildlife
Project Wildlife is a non-profit volunteer organization that cares for injured, orphaned, and sick native wildlife of San Diego County, and releases rehabilitated animals back into their natural habitats.
The Fund for Animals (The Fund) The Fund's advocates and provides sanctuary for wildlife, whether endangered or thriving, charismatic or homely, native or exotic.
The Fund's Action Center The Fund's Action Center provides alerts on national and state issues that affect animals.
The Humane Society of the United States (The HSUS) The HSUS is a non-profit animal protection organization with more than seven million members and constituents with programs in wildlife and habitat protection, animals in research, and more.
The Jane Goodall Institute The Jane Goodall Institute works to advance the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment for all living things.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) involved with the investigation and documentation of violations of international laws, regulations, and treaties protecting marine wildlife species.
World Animal Foundation (WAF) WAF is a non-profit organization working towrds the preservation and protection of the planet and the animals that inhabit it.
World Animal Net (WAN) WAN is a database of animal protection societies, with over 13,000 listings, working to improve communication and co-ordination between the world's animal protection groups.
AllVeggieLinks.com
AllVeggieLinks.com is a directory of links to all things vegetarian: recipes, travel, restaurants, cooking, nutrition, groups, products, shopping, books, magazines, directories, and more.
EarthSave EarthSave works to educate people about the powerful effects our food choices have on the environment, our health and all life on Earth, and encourages a shift toward a healthy, plant-based diet.
Howard Lyman: Mad Cowboy Howard Lyman (4th generation cattle rancher and vegan) site on Mad Cow Disease, Vegetarianism, the Environment, Human Health, and Animal Rights.
Institute for Plant Based Nutrition (IPBN) IPBN is a group of plant eaters and growers who bring over a century of life experience to educating all publics about the benefits of plant-based nutrition.
International Vegetarian Union (IVU) IVU is a non-profit making organization working to promote vegetarianism throughout the world, and is governed exclusively by vegetarians.
North American Vegetarian Society North American Vegetarian Society is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the vegetarian way of life.
PETA: Go Veg PETA's Go Veg site provides information promoting the vegetarian and vegan lifestlye.
The Vegan Society The Vegan Society promotes vegan lifestyles (ways of living that exclude, as far as is possible and practical, all forms of exploitation of animals for food, clothing or any other purpose).
TheVegetarianSite.com TheVegetarianSite.com promotes and provides support for the vegetarian or vegan lifestyle by offering information on health & nutrition, animal rights, and environmental issues.
Vegan Action Vegan Action is a nonprofit organization dedicated to help animals, environment, and human health by educating the public about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle and encouraging the spread of vegan food options through outreach campaigns.
Vegan.com Vegan.com offers news, bookstore, and other resources for those interested in vegetarian and vegan diets.
Veganica Veganica is an on-line gallery space of artists (photographers, musicians, writers, poets, animators, performance artists, and others) who are vegetarian or vegan. Veganica donates approximately 1/3 of their annual fees to vegetarian or animal rights groups which the artists choose.
Vegan Outreach (VO) VO is an international organization working to further awareness and understanding to bring about a fundamental change in our physical well-being, our treatment of others, and our interaction with our environment, and to promote veganism
VegDining.com VegDining.com offers an online guide to vegetarian restaurants worldwide.
Vegetarian Union of North America (VUNA) VUNA is a network of vegetarian groups throughout the U.S. and Canada working to promote a strong, effective, cooperative vegetarian movement throughout North America.
Veg for Life Veg for Life is an information and networking site, providing resources, recipes and tips.
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