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Bat Conservation International
BCI's mission is to teach people the value of bats, to protect and conserve critical bat habitats, and to advance scientific knowledge through research — all this while using a win-win beneficial solution that will benefit both bats and people...

CIWF Animal Sentience
Humans share the planet with as many as 4700 species of mammals, 9700 species of birds, 4800 species of amphibians, over 23,000 species of fish and around 6000 species of reptiles (as far as we know up to now), not to mention the countless species of invertebrate animals. We interact with and use animals in a multitude of ways in our daily lives...

Compassion in World Farming (CIWF)
CIWF has a tremendous track record in achieving real change for farmed animals. It carries out hard-hitting political lobbying, investigations that expose cruelty to farmed animals and high-profile campaigns designed to achieve better standards and happier lives for farmed animals everywhere...

EETA/CRABS
Its purpose is to develop and maintain the highest of ethical standards in comparative ethological research that is conducted in the field and in the laboratory. Furthermore, the group wishes to use the latest developments from research in cognitive ethology and on animal sentience to inform discussion and debate about the practical implications of available data and for the ongoing development of policy...

Macmillan Science publishers
Macmillan Publishers' new popular science list welcomes proposals for entertaining, authoritative books about the drama, politics, history and implications of research and discovery, appealing to a broad readership. Macmillan has an illustrious record of publishing leading scientific thinkers, including Thomas Huxley, Alfred Russell Wallace, C P Snow, H G Wells, Oliver Sacks, Arthur C Clarke, Peter Atkins and Ian Stewart...

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
PCRM promotes preventive medicine through innovative programs as it encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research. Founded in 1985, PCRM is a nonprofit organization supported by doctors and laypersons working together for compassionate and effective medical practice, research, and health promotion.

Pigs, A Sanctuary
Pigs, a Sanctuary is a place of refuge for abused, abandoned, neglected and unwanted animals. The organization specializes in the care of potbellied pigs and farmed pigs, but shelters other farmed and domestic animals as well. The Sanctuary currently provides a safe haven for approximately 400 animals, including potbellied pigs, farmed pigs, horses, cats, dogs, goats and many other species...

Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary is a 400-acre non-profit refuge for farmed animals and wildlife located in Poolesville, Maryland. Its mission is to offer care, rehabilitation, and permanent sanctuary for neglected, abandoned or unwanted farm animals, provide protected habitat for wildlife, furnish information to the public regarding farm animal and wildlife issue, and promote compassion and humane treatment for all animals...

Primates Incorporated
Primates Incorporated provides lifetime enriched care and improves the quality of life for nonhuman primates who come from the entertainment industry, research facilities, zoos, refuges, and private ownerships...

Roots and Shoots
The Roots & Shoots program is about making positive change happen — for communities, for animals and for the environment. With tens of thousands of young people in almost 100 countries, the Roots & Shoots network branches out across the globe, connecting youth of all ages who share a common desire to help make our world a better place...

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Sea Shepherd is committed to the eradication of pirate whaling, poaching, shark finning, unlawful habitat destruction, and violations of established laws in the World's oceans. To that end, Sea Shepherd assists national and international bodies in the enforcement of international law under authority of the United Nations World Charter for Nature...

The Animals Voice
The Animals Voice is the premiere online resource for helping animals, featuring an award-winning, independent, networking source of recent media coverage, timely information, and an incalculable volume of resources for animals and their defenders. The Animals Voice features the latest animal rights news, multimedia, calendar, victories, thought-provoking and inspirational editorial, graphic and compelling photography, and in-depth investigative reports. It also publishes the only independent animal rights magazine in existence...

The Elephant Sanctuary
The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, is the nation's largest natural-habitat refuge developed specifically to meet the needs of endangered elephants. It is a non-profit organization designed specifically for old, sick or needy elephants who have been retired from zoos and circuses. Utilizing more than 2700 acres, it provides three separate and protected, natural-habitat environments for Asian and African elephants...

The Rat Fan Club
The Rat Fan Club, founded in 1992, focuses on rats as companion animals. Its goal is to share the love of rats, promote them as companion animals, and spread information about their proper care...

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