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Information
Animal Law Update: Commentary on Animal Law and legal issues
Animal Rescue Site @ GreaterGood
Brief Summary of Animal Rights
Definition and Importance of Animal Welfare
Guide to cruelty-free beauty shopping
History of Animal Protection in the U.S.
Events
Animal Rights National Conference
· The world’s largest and longest-running animal rights gathering since 1981.
Periodicals
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Films & documentaries
Law
Animal Legal and Historical Center
· A comprehensive repository of information about animal law over great diversity of animal topics.
· Since 1979, filing high-impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, providing free legal
assistance and training to prosecutors in their fight against animal cruelty, supporting
animal protection legislation, and providing resources and opportunities to law students
and professionals to advance the field of animal law.
Animal Welfare Act [USA]
· The only Federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research,
exhibition, transport, and by dealers. (Other laws all refer to the Animal Welfare Act as the
minimum acceptable standard.)
Institutions ~ Networks, initiatives, movements & campaigns
AnimaNaturalis [in Spanish]
· The world’s largest network of animal protection societies, established to improve communication and coordination among the world’s animal protection groups.
Institutions ~ NGOs
· Christine Stevens Wildlife Award
· “Since 1951, the Animal Welfare Institute has been dedicated to reducing animal suffering caused
by people. We seek better treatment of animals everywhere—in the laboratory, on the farm, in
commerce, at home, and in the wild.”
Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)
Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting
Direct Action Everywhere (DxE)
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT)
Humane Society
Humane Society International (HSI)
Humane Society of the United States
Institute for Human-Animal Connection
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee @ University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
· Initially established to fight and expose the cruelty of vivisection, but has expanded its focus to cover virtually every animal rights issue.
Massachusetts Animal Coalition
· Dedicated to eradicating the exploitation of animals for food.
National Animal Interest Alliance
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
· Formerly the World Society for the Protection of Animals
Institutions ~ Sanctuaries
Yage (Hannah) Sun of Brandeis University developed this page in 2019.
Animal rights, welfare, protection & rescue
Contents of this page:
· Information
· Events
· Periodicals
· Films & documentaries
· Law
· Institutions:
~ Networks, initiatives, movements & campaigns
~ Organizations
~ Sanctuaries
This page highlights the significance of animal protection, the influence of people’s decisions
on animal welfare, and the global movement to defend animal rights and welfare.
