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• Animal Behavior
• Animal Cruelty
• Animal Ethics
• Animal Welfare
• Community Practice & Shelter Medicine
• Disaster Preparedness & Response
• Human-Animal Bond
• Journals
• Related Programs at Other Educational Institutions

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Animal Behavior (top)

General information about dog and cat behavior

• Animal Behavior Resource Institute
• ASPCA Virtual Pet Behaviorist
• ASPCA Ask the Expert: Dog and Cat Behavior
• Denver Dumb Friends League behavior and & training tips
• Feline Health Center at Cornell University
• Pets for Life Program - The Humane Society if the United States (HSUS)
• Indoor Cat Initiative at the Ohio State CVM
• Dog Care & Training: The Well-Behaved Dog
  Recommended book list by Kristine M. Alpi & Barbara L. Sherman -- Library Journal, 11/1/2008

General information about horse behavior

• ASPCA Virtual Pet Behaviorist
• ASPCA Ask the Expert: Horse Behavior

Training and education in animal behavior

• Animal Behavior Society - Applied Animal Behavior
• Animal Behavior Society - Education Committee (includes guide to academic/graduate programs)
• Indiana University Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
• Purdue University DOGS! Course
• Certification Council for Pet Dog Trainers seminars
• University of Illinois Masters Program in Behavior

Professional veterinary behavior organizations

• American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
• American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior 

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Animal Cruelty (top)

General resources

• ASPCA - Fight Animal Cruelty

Hoarding

• The Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Incidents and investigations

• Pet-Abuse.Com National animal protection organization that researches & tracks incidents of criminal animal cruelty
• Veterinary Forensics Website managed by Dr. Melinda Merck, Forensic Veterinarian for the ASPCA

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Animal Ethics (top)

• Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics Pioneering ethical perspectives on animals through academic research, teaching and publication

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Animal Welfare (top)

American Association of Equine Practitioners

• Equine Welfare
• The Unwanted Horse Veterinary Relief Campaign

American Veterinary Medical Association

• Issues: Animal Welfare Includes links to animal welfare policy statements, science and educational materials, guidelines on euthanasia, and information on legislative and regulatory issues.

Animal welfare organizations

• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty
• Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

Professional veterinary animal welfare organizations

• American College of Animal Welfare (ACAW) The mission of ACAW is to advance animal welfare through education, certification, and scientific investigation. Once recognized by AVMA, Diplomates of the American College of Animal Welfare will include veterinarians with specialized training and experience to carry out the ACAW mission.

North Carolina Department of Agricultural & Consumer Services

• Veterinary Division - Animal Welfare Section
• North Carolina Animal Welfare Act
• North Carolina Animal Welfare Administrative Code

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

• Animal Welfare Overview
• Animal Welfare Publications and Reports (Includes Animal Welfare Act and Regulations)

United States Department of Agriculture National Agriculture Library

• Animal Welfare Information Center

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Community Practice & Shelter Medicine (top)

General resources

• HSUS Animal Sheltering.org A program of the Humane Society of the United States
• Asilomar Accords A set of guiding principles, standardized definitions, a statistics table for tracking shelter populations and a formula for determining shelter live release rates.
• ASPCA Professional American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals site for animal welfare professionals
• Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV)

Population control & spay/neuter

• ASV veterinary medical care guidelines for spay/neuter programs
• Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs
• National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy
• North Carolina Spay & Neuter Program

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Disaster Preparedness & Response (top)

NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine

• Including Animals in Disaster Planning
• Pet First Aid - Dr. Brenda J. Stevens
• Pet fish and dealing with a power outage - Dr. Greg Lewbart

North Carolina Department of Agricultural & Consumer Services

• Emergency Programs Division - Veterinary Section
• Equine Disaster Response Alliance
• Horse owner's disaster preparation brochure
• 24 step disaster plan
• NC Veterinary Response Corps
• NC Animal Disaster Sheltering Resources

NC State Animal Response Team (SART)

• Prevention, Response & Recovery for Animal Emergencies

American Veterinary Medical Association

• Hurricane Preparedness
• Saving the Whole Family

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

• Animals in Disasters

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Human-Animal Bond (top)

American Psychological Association

• Animal Human Interaction: Research and Practice

American Veterinary Medical Association

• Issues: Human-Animal Bond

Human-animal bond organizations

• American Humane
• anthrozoology.com - Research in Human-Animal Interaction
• International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations
• International Society of Anthrozoology (ISAZ)

Humane education

• Latham Foundation 

Pet loss and grief resources

• Argus Institute
• Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement
• Delta Society
• NCSU CVM - Pet Loss Resources

Society and animals

• Animals and Society Institute
• Culture and Animals Foundation 
• People, Animals, Nature, Inc. - PAN

Therapy and service animals

• Delta Society

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Journals (top)

• Applied Animal Behavior Science Official Journal of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)
• Animal Welfare Published by Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
• Anthrozoös Journal of the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ)
• Journal of Applied Animal Welfare  Joint project between Animals and Society Institute and the ASPCA
• Society & Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies  Produced by the Animals and Society Institute
• Animal Behaviour is published for the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
  in collaboration with the Animal Behavior Society

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Related Programs at Other Educational Institutions (top)

 

Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

• Argus Institute

Massey University College of Sciences (New Zealand)

• Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre

Michigan State University Department of Animal Science

• Animal Behavior and Welfare Group

Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine

• Center for the Human-Animal Bond

The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine

• Honoring the Bond

Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

• Center for Animals and Public Policy

Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health

• Center for the Study of Human-Animal Interdependent Relationships

University of British Columbia Faculty of Land and Food Systems (Canada)

• Animal Welfare Program

University of Bristol School of Veterinary Medicine (United Kingdom)

• Animal Welfare and Behaviour Group

University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work

• Institute for Human-Animal Connection

University of Guelph Ontario Veterinary College (Canada)

• Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare
• Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science Research Group

University of Minnesota School of Public Health

• Center to Study Human Animal Relationships and Environments

University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine

• Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction

University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

• Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society

University of Prince Edward Island Atlantic Veterinary College (Canada)

• Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre

University of Queensland School of Veterinary Science (Australia)

• Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics

University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine

• Veterinary Social Work
• Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee
• Companion Animal Initiative of Tennessee

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

• The Center for Human-Animal Interaction

Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine

• Center for the Study of Animal Well-Being
• The People-Pet Partnership