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GENERAL INFORMATION - ALL SPECIES
Animal Names -- group names, offspring etc.
Intute -- U.K. gateway to the best Web resources
California Wildlife -- California Dept. of Fish and Game
Discover Life -- U. of Georgia, Missouri Botanical Garden, Smithsonian
eNature Fieldguides -- guides to plants & animals from the National Wildlife Federation. Includes "Ask-an-Expert"
Encyclopedia of Life -- Authored by the world's leading natural history institutions, botanical gardens, and libraries
InfoNatura -- Animals of Latin America and the Caribbean
Kimball's Biology Pages -- Comprehensive encyclopedia of terms
NatureServe -- Animals of the U.S. and Canada
San Diego and Baja Fieldguides -- San Diego Natural History Museum
Time Tree -- Time tree and evolutionary scale of life
Tree of Life -- Multiple contributors - University of Arizona
WildFinder -- WWF Distribution Maps for 30,000 species
ANIMAL TRAINING / ENRICHMENT / HUSBANDRY
AAZK -- American Association of Zoo Keepers
ABWAK -- British Wild Animal Keepers Husbandry Techniques
ASZK -- Australiasian Society of Zoo Keeping
AZA Animal Care Manuals -- Husbandry and Enrichment Information in the "Members Only" Section
Animal Behavior Society -- Online newsletter of the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual
Animal Management Guidelines -- Log-in to Wildpro, click on Electronic Library, then scroll down
Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior -- Indiana University
Disney's Animal Enrichment Program
Enrichment Online -- Fort Worth Zoo
Honolulu Zoo's Enrichment Program
The Shape of Enrichment -- Quarterly publication of enrichment ideas
Species Information Network -- Captive Husbandry Information from European Zoos
WildPro Environmental Husbandry Manual -- click on electronic library
ANIMAL REGULATIONS & GUIDELINES
Animal Legal Historical Center -- Michigan State College of Law
APHIS -- USDA Animal Care Policy Manual
APHIS Guidelines to Environmental Enhancement for Non-Human Primates
AVMA Animal Welfare and Regulations -- Transportation, Disaster Planning, Import-Export
AWIC Zoo, Circus & Marine Mammals -- Animal Welfare Information Center
California Department of Health - Office of Regulations
CALIFORNIA FISH & GAME
Capture and Handling Guidelines for wild animals, birds, amphibians and reptiles B.C., Canada
CDC -- Division of Global Migration & Quarantine
CITES -- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Resolutions
Code of Federal Regulations -- Title 9 (Animals & Animal Products) and Title 50 (Wildlife & Fisheries)
Disease Contingency Plans -- Plans for dealing with specific diseases
Elephant Regulations:
AZA Research & Tissue Request
Necropsy Regulations
TB Management
EPA Regulations and Guidelines
FDA Guidance Documents -- Clarification of FDA regulations
Guidelines for the Capture, Handling and Care of Mammals -- American Society of Mammalogists
Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research -- Ornithological Council
Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research -- ASIH, HL & SSAR
IACUC -- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
International Wildlife Law
Invasive Species Laws & Regulations
IUCN Guidelines related to various conservation activities
NIH -- Regulations and Standards
OIE Disease Emergency Preparedness
OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code
OIE Standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines
UK Standards of Modern Zoo Practice -- Dept for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
US Government Regulations
USFWS -- Permits
Veterinary Laws & Regulations -- NetVet links
WildPro Electronic Library -- Links to a large number of resources
Zoo, Circus and Marine Animal Regulations -- AWIC
Zoo Research Guidelines -- Federation of Zoological Gardens - Great Britain & Ireland
TAXONOMIC INFORMATION
Amphibian Species of the World -- American Museum of Natural History
AnimalBase -- Access to early zoological literature - Original descriptions
Avibase -- Bird Life Intl. - 10,000 species 22,000 subspecies
Avian Taxonomy --Sibley/Moore World List of Bird Names from 1990 & 1993
Classification of Living Things -- A tutorial on taxonomy
Encyclopedia of Life -- Field Museum, Harvard, Smithsonian
Database for Reptile Taxonomy
ISIS -- Captive Animal Inventory
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System -- Excellent Resource: US, Canada and Mexican Governments
Mammal Species of the World -- Wilson and Reeder
The Taxonomicon -- Resource from the Netherlands. Uses U.N. classification standards
Tree of Life Web Project -- Various Professional Scientists
World Taxonomist Database
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