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 RESOURCES FOR ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROFESSIONALS

Sources of information for those whose work

involves animal behavior, animal care, animal related research, conservation and/or education.

GENERAL

NETVET : Veterinary resources

Wildlfe Information Network: A global information source for wildlife professionals; field biologists, veterinarians, students and researchers (by subscription)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• The Animal Behavior Society - professionals who research or work in animal behavior
• The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour- Animal Behavior's sister society in Europe and the publisher, with ABS, of the journal Animal Behaviour
• American Psychological Association
• The American Zoo and Aquarium Association
• The American Association of Zookeepers
• Elephant Manager's Association
• Association of British Wild Animal Keepers

INSTITUTIONS

• Department of Zoological Research at the National Zoological Park: Introduction: Wildlife Conservation and Animal Behavior Research (now called Dept. of Conservation Biology)

APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOR:

 where people use their knowledge of animal behavior to improve life for humans and animals.

General

• The Animal Behavior Society
• ARK Animal Tracks
• Center for Applied Ethology and Human-Animal Interaction

Lifestock

• Animal behavior research at the Praire Swine Centre
• Equine Research Foundation - group interested in equine intelligence and how it relates to horse welfare

 Captive Care of Wild Animals

• The American Zoo and Aquarium Association
• The American Association of Zookeepers
• Elephant Manager's Association
• Association of British Wild Animal Keepers
• Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)

  Specifically Environmental Enrichment

• The Shape of Enrichment: a newsletter dedicated to the enrichment of animals in captivity
• AWIC's Environmental Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates Resource Guide
• AZA's Environmental Enrichment Listserv archive
• Environmental Enrichment Scrapbook

  Specifically Primates

• Primate Enrichment Forum archives
• The Annotated Bibliography on Environmental Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates

  (The fourth edition coming in January 2001 (54 pages, 11 photos).

  by Viktor Reinhardt at the Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC http://www.awionline.org/lab_animals/newindex.html