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[ + ]American Kennel Club (AKC): Government Relations
| Title | American Kennel Club (AKC): Government Relations |
| Description | The AKC is a not-for-profit dog advocacy organization that maintains an interactive website for all things dog. In the Government Relations section, users can research legislative alerts and pending dog-related legislation. The website contains newsletters, articles, public outreach materials, presentations, policy/information packets, and social media memes. Topics include canine legislation, legislative analysis, and tips on how to be an effective advocate at the federal, state, and local level. |
| URL | http://www.akc.org/government-relations/ |
[ + ]American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
| Title | American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) |
| Description | The AVMA maintains this website that provides access to general animal topics, as well as links to pending legislation on the state or federal level. Although not specifically a legal site, it contains resources for animal law research, including pending federal agency rules, articles, and congressional activity. Users can sign up to receive the AVMA Advocate and learn about federal laws affecting veterinary medicine. |
| URL | https://www.avma.org/Advocacy/Pages/default.aspx |
[ + ]Animal Law Coalition
| Title | Animal Law Coalition |
| Description | The Animal Law Coalition’s mission is to advocate “for animals to live and live free of cruelty and neglect.” On the homepage users can search pending federal or state legislation, and explore the main issues they focus on. Their Resources section links to laws relating to animal cruelty, breed discrimination, hoarding, horse slaughter, animal research, rodeos, tethering/chaining, and wild horses and burros. |
| URL | http://animallawcoalition.com/ |
[ + ]Animal Law Resource Center
| Title | Animal Law Resource Center |
| Description | This website is a clearinghouse for all US animal law topics. The resource center covers a broad range of content. Users may search content by category, including laws, legislation, case law, bibliography, and model laws. Most useful, however, is the option to search and filter results within these categories by state, keyword, topic, or popular tags (e.g., “Ag-Gag” or “Endangered Species Act”). General topics include: agriculture, animal abuse/cruelty, animal control, animals in research, companion animals (pets), education, entertainment, fish and fishing, hunting and trapping, law enforcement, transportation, veterinarians, and wildlife. The site also allows users to sign up for animal law action alerts and check the status of legislation. |
| URL | http://www.animallaw.com/ |
[ + ]Animal Legal & Historic Center
| Title | Animal Legal & Historic Center |
| Description | The Animal Legal & Historical Center operated by Michigan State University is a site that provides an abundance of legal information related to Animal Law. The site includes access to full text cases from the US, UK, and South America, as well as US statutes, animal law topics with explanations, and legal articles. Users can search topical introductions to animal laws, comparative animal laws across the US, and maps of US animal laws by state. The site also gives users updates on books related to animal law. |
| URL | https://www.animallaw.info/ |
[ + ]Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
| Title | Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) |
| Description | ALDF seeks to protect animals through the legal system and works with the legal academy by, for example, sponsoring Student ALDF Chapters at law schools and collaborating with faculty. Focus areas include: animals used in research, captive animals, companion animals, farmed animals, and wildlife. Users can also find information on i ag-gag laws, puppy mills, animals’ legal status, and stop the hunt, etc. Access to news, ongoing and past litigation, action alerts. One article, "Animal Law 101" is particularly helpful and can be found by searching the ALDF site for: animal law 101. |
| URL | http://aldf.org/ |
[ + ]Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)
| Title | Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) |
| Description | The primary purpose of the AWI is to alleviate the suffering of animals by advocating for animal-friendly federal legislation. For example, they seek to abolish factory farming, end brutal wildlife trapping methods, and preserve endangered species. The site provides access to animal law cases, federal bills, state bills, action alerts, news and press releases, and AWI publications. In addition to the legislative resources, the site maintains a “Compassion Index” that educates users on emergent animal welfare legislation and connects them to their elected representatives and their rating on the Index. Users may also browse various federal and state animal laws, and sign up for eAlerts. |
| URL | https://awionline.org/ |
[ + ]Department of Agriculture (USDA): Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)
| Title | Department of Agriculture (USDA): Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) |
| Description | The AWIC is mandated by the Animal Welfare Act. The Historical Digital Collection section provides information on federal, state, and international statutes and regulations governing animals used in research, testing, teaching, and exhibition. Users can also find information through the AWIC Bulletin, search by keyword or browse the website’s content by subject. |
| URL | https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic |
[ + ]Georgetown Animal Law Research Guide
| Title | Georgetown Animal Law Research Guide |
| Description | This animal law research guide, by the Georgetown Law Library, helps users navigate the research process for animal law in the US. The guide lists background information sources, laws and legislation, books, articles, and databases, websites, other animal law legal research guides news and blog outlets, and a few special topics. Subject matter includes domestic animals, farm animals, marine mammals, wildlife, animal experimentation, and endangered species. |
| URL | http://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/AnimalLaw |
[ + ]Georgetown International and Foreign Animal Law Research Guide
| Title | Georgetown International and Foreign Animal Law Research Guide |
| Description | This animal law research guide, by the Georgetown Law Library, focuses on the welfare of companion animals, farm animals, and animals used in research, with a worldwide focus. The guide provides access to journal articles, case law, foreign laws, background sources, treaties, and other useful resources. Topics include the European Union, E.U. treaties, E.U. directives and regulations, animal transport, animal experimentation, and current awareness. It has relatively few resources on wildlife and marine animals. |
| URL | http://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/InternationalAnimalLaw |
[ + ]Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
| Title | Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) |
| Description | The HSUS is the nation’s largest animal protection organization. Users can search animal welfare news and videos, or look for information by species. The site also provides resources on animal advocacy, including recent relevant federal or state legislation, and allows users to search by topics such as Animals in Laboratories, Wildlife Protection, and Farm Animal Protection. |
| URL | http://www.humanesociety.org/ |
[ + ]International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
| Title | International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) |
| Description | IFAW is an organization working to rescue individual animals, safeguard animal populations, and preserve habitats worldwide. Ongoing projects focus on subjects like habitat conservation, wildlife crime and trafficking prevention, pet rescue, preserving endangered species, public education, and political advocacy. The website contains a variety of helpful tools like blogs, news, an image library, videos, reports, articles, newsletters, fact sheets, policy briefings, best practices, other publications, and career opportunities. Navigate to “Our Work” to view an interactive map with projects organized by region. |
| URL | https://www.ifaw.org/ |
[ + ]National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR): Animal Law
| Title | National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR): Animal Law |
| Description | This site is certainly not focused on animal advocacy. Yet, users can access a range of resources including federal and state statutes, regulations, court cases, international and domestic news related to animal law, proposals aimed at achieving personhood for animals, a bibliography relating to animal advocacy and law, and links to governmental organizations and NGOs. Users can also find information on ABA, state, and local or regional bar associations with animal law committees, and law schools with animal law courses. |
| URL | http://www.nabranimallaw.org/ |
[ + ]National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Fisheries
| Title | National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Fisheries |
| Description | The NOAA Fisheries site contains a wealth of information on fisheries, and allows users to search by species, laws and policies, permits and forms, and science and data. Users can access information on laws such as the Magnuson-Stevens Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and National Environmental Policy Act, among others. |
| URL | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/laws-policies |
[ + ]National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Fisheries
| Title | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Fisheries |
| Description | NOAA Fisheries is responsible for the “stewardship of the nation’s ocean resources and their habitat.” NOAA Fisheries manages fish stocks, protects endangered species and marine mammals, conserves habitat, performs research, promotes international cooperation, enforces against illegal fishing, fosters aquaculture, and inspects seafood. This source provides data, news, permit information, photos, podcasts, regulations, statutes, and videos. |
| URL | http://fisheries.noaa.gov |
[ + ]New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS)
| Title | New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) |
| Description | The NEAVS is a national nonprofit organization, based in Boston, which focuses on ending the use of animals in research, testing, and science education. Users can access news, action alerts, blog, reports, press releases, articles, scientific publications, and information about NEAVS campaigns. |
| URL | http://www.neavs.org/ |
[ + ]UCLA Animal Law Research Guide
| Title | UCLA Animal Law Research Guide |
| Description | This animal law research guide presents information on animal law and related topics, including animal rights and animal welfare. The site suggests a short reading list to acquaint the user with animal law’s foundational concepts. The guide provides direction on how to research animal law and also links users directly to content. It includes cases, statutes, regulations, journals and news, books, and online sources such as blogs. There is also a list of animal law books, organized by the following topics: Animal Law, Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, Animals and Philosophy, Animals and Literature, Animals and Women’s Studies, and Animals and Theology. |
| URL | http://libguides.law.ucla.edu/animallaw |
[ + ]Wisconsin State Law Library: Animal Law
| Title | Wisconsin State Law Library: Animal Law |
| Description | This site links to Wisconsin (and some national) resources arranged by agencies/organizations, government resources, bees, and pets. Resources include federal and state laws, municipal codes, law review articles, legal databases, related legal topics, and websites. |
| URL | http://wilawlibrary.gov/topics/animal.php |
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