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PAWS!
Pets and Wildlife
for Students
Resources
and References for Humane Educators
Organizations
The Tallahassee-Leon Community
Animal Service Center
http://talgov.com/citytlh/animal/index.html
St. Francis Wildlife Association
Wildlife rehabilitation and education in north Florida and south
Georgia
http://www.stfranciswildlife.org
Treatment Resources and Education
for Animals in Temporary Shelters, Inc. (TREATS, Inc.)
The not-for-profit group that helps support the homeless animals
of the Tallahassee-Leon Community (TLC) Animal Service Center.
http://treatsinc.org/
Tallahassee Therapetics
Provides quality animal assisted therapy, activities, training,
education and services in the Tallahassee, Florida and Thomasville,
Georgia areas.
http://tfn.net/~ttherape/
Tallahassee Dog Obedience Club
Primary mission: teaching obedience classes so that all dog owners
in our community can become responsible pet owners.
http://fn1.tfn.net/~tdoc45/
American Humane Association
This organization has been protecting children and animals from
abuse since 1877.
http://www.amerhumane.org/
The Fund for Animals
Lots of valuable information and free materials for teachers
and children
http://www.fund.org
The Humane Society of the United
States
Publications, government legislation, complete guide to dog
care, current campaigns, and much more!
http://www.hsus.org/
American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals
http://www.aspca.org
National Association for Humane
and Environmental Education
"Fostering kindness towards people, animals and earth"
http://www.nahee.org/
Animal Protection Institute
http://www.api4animals.org/
Animal Issues is published quarterly by the Animal Protection
Institute to inform and educate readers about major animal protection
issues.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission
Office of Informational Services
620 South Meridian Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600
(850) 488-4676
http://floridaconservation.org/educator/
Florida Department of Environmental
Protection
Office of Environmental Education
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/secretary/education/default.htm
Databases of Organizations & Information
St. Francis Wildlife's Wild Links
http://www.stfranciswildlife.org/wildlink.html
World Animal Net
This is a worldwide network of societies campaigning to improve
the status and welfare of animals. On this site you will find:
1. World Animal Net Directory - With over 6,000 organizations
world-wideand links to more than 1,200 Web Sites.
http://www.worldanimal.net/
Animal Concerns
A clearinghouse for information on the Internet related to animal
rights and welfare
www.animalconcerns.org
Net Vet's Guide to Animal Organizations
http://netvet.wustl.edu/org.htm
Animal Rights On-Line
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1395/
Animal Welfare Act and Regulations
Animal Welfare Information Center
United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm
Animal (Human and Non-human) Welfare
Issues
American Humane Association
This organization has been protecting children and animals from
abuse since 1877.
http://www.amerhumane.org/
* Compassionate Citizen *
Internationally recognized humane education programme designed
to help your students better understand and appreciate the animals
with whom we share the world.
http://www.compassionatecitizen.org/
Year of the Humane Child, 2000
http://www.humanechild2000.org/
- Animal Protection Institute's
on-line publicatons
- http://www.api4animals.org/doc.asp?ID=14
Humane Education: A Parent's
Perspective
http://www.api4animals.org/doc.asp?ID=1379
The Animal Rights Law Center
at Rutgers University
http://www.animal-law.org/
State Laws on the Internet
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes.html
The Animal Welfare Act
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm
Animals and Laboratories
American Anti-vivisection Society
http://www.aavs.org/home.html
American College of Laboratory
Animal Medicine
http://www.aclam.org/
Other Resources
The Animal Welfare Information
Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.nalusda.gov/awic/awic.htm
Net Vet: Veterinary Resources
http://netvet.wustl.edu/
Calling All Pets!
This is a great, nationally-syndicated program on public radio.
In Tallahassee, it's on WFSU 88.9 FM
http://www.wpr.org/pets/
In "Perceptions of Animals
in American Society," Stephen Kellert identified ten different
attitudes people hold toward animals.
http://www.zooreach.org/ZooEdu/ZooEdBook/attitudes%20of%20zoo%20visitors%20to%20zoo%20animals.PDF
Books
A Kids' Guide to How to Save
the Animals, Billy Goodman
Save the Animals, 101 Easy Things
You Can Do, Ingrid Newkirk
The Dog I.Q. Test, Melissa Miller
The Cat I.Q. Test, Melissa Miller
Dr. White, Jane Goodall
* Smarter Than You Think, Paul
Loeb and Suzanne Hlavacek
* The Dog's Mind, Understanding
Your Dog's Behavior, Bruce Fogle, D.V. M.
* The Intelligence of Dogs, Stanley
Coren
** Love, Miracles and Animal
Healing, Allen M. Schoen, D.V.M.
A compassionate and deeply moving book by a veterinarian with
a rare understanding of the emotional as well as the physical
needs of his patients. Anyone who loves animals will find it
absorbing and educational." Henry A. Kissinger
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Pets and Wildlife for Students
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