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| The Chimps' Day in Court |
| Review by Cass R. Sunstein of 'Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals' by Steven M. Wise, a book advocating legal personhood for animals. |
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| PetCustody.com |
| Offers content about pets and the law with free downloads of legal documents created to help people with pets protect pet's rights. |
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| HSUS - Government Affairs |
| Federal and state legislation currently in progress, scorecards for members of congress, how to lobby effectively and how to get involved. From the Humane Society of the United States. US. |
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| Bindman and Partners |
| Civil liberties solicitors specializing in defence of eco-protestors, animal rights activists and those arrested for direct action or participation in mass demonstrations in the UK. |
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| Animal Care |
| Helps establish acceptable standards of humane animal care and treatment; monitors and achieves compliance with the Animal Welfare Act through inspections, education, and cooperative efforts. News, press releases, notices, policity manual, FAQ. USDA/APHIS. US. |
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| National Toxicology Program (NTP) |
| Background, factsheets, testing information and study results, grants, NTP Evaluation Centers (including Alternative Toxicological Methods), how regulatory agencies use NTP data, announcements, meetings and publications, chemical health and safety information. Links to other governmental programs, such as National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR). USDA and NIH. US. |
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| Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) |
| Resources to help those working with laboratory, farm and exhibit animals to comply with the Animal Welfare Act. AWIC Bulletin, AWIC Workshops, government and law resources, publications, alternatives and searches, news and information, databases and related links. USDA. US. |
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| The Animal Procedures Committee |
| A non-departmental public body appointed to advise the Home Office on matters concerned with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, relating to any experimental or other scientific procedures applied to a protected animal which may have the effect of causing that animal pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm; and also, to examine other related subjects considered worthy of further study. Press releases, work in progress, annual report, cost/benefit assessments and emerging biotechnologies. UK. |
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| Animal Legal Defense Fund |
| Animal rights law organization based in California. Programs include civil litigation, working to enact state felony anti-cruelty statutes, and the Great Ape Legal Program, dedicated to winning legal rights for great apes. |
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| European Commission: Animal Welfare |
| Objective, issues, current and proposed legislation, advice, and inspection and control responsibilities involving the welfare of animals on the farm, during transport and at slaughter. European Union. |
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| European Commission: Organic Farming |
| Official EU site. Includes info on the definition of organic in both crop and livestock farming, organic farming and rural development, the consumer's choice, regulation, statistics and control measures. Also covers integrated farming. |
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| NABR Animal Law Section |
| Run by the National Association for Biomedical Research, this site provides access to federal laws and policies as well as commentary on animal welfare advocacy from a biomedical industry perspective. |
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| AnimalLaw.com |
| Provides a database of animal welfare and animal rights from pending legislation through relevant case law digests. From the National Anti-Vivisection Society, Chicago. |
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| DEFRA Wildlife and Countryside Division |
| Laws, regulations and information about the Wildlife and Countryside Directorate, CITES, English and European Wildlife Issues, Global Wildlife and Zoos, Wildlife Crime and Inspection, grants and research. From the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
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| National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| An agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services. It is one of the world's foremost medical research centers and the Federal focal point for health research. As the steward of biomedical and behavioral research for the Nation, its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. USDHHS. US. |
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| European Commission: Food Safety |
| Includes introduction, animal health/prevention and control of animal diseases, animal welfare, animal feed safety, food labelling and international food safety issues. Special topics of foot and mouth disease and BSE. European Union. |
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