Animal Rights Links

2006-10-31T22:47:00.000-05:00

How do the animals you eat get to your table?

The Staggering Statistics
The effects of factory farming - http://www.eatveg.com/realities.htm
How big is your environmental footprint? - http://www.myfootprint.org/

Anatomy / Physiology / Comparisons
Are we meant to eat meat? - http://www.eatveg.com/anatomy.htm
The Comparative Anatomy of Eating - http://earthsave.bc.ca/materials/articles/health/comparative.html
Humans are primarily plant-eaters by design - http://michaelbluejay.com/veg/natural.html
Human Physiology - http://www.goveg.com/naturalhumandiet_physiology.asp

Animal Rights Primer
Brute Ethics - http://www.animalethics.org.uk/index.html

Animal Liberation / Animal Rights

PeTA - People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals - http://www.peta.org/
PeTA2 - http://www.peta2.com/index.aspx
No Compromise - http://www.nocompromise.org/index.html
Free the Animals - http://www.freetheanimals.com/
Vegan Society - http://www.vegansociety.com/html/
Society and Animals Forum - http://www.psyeta.org/
ARCH - Animal Right Collective of Halifax - http://www.archalifax.com/
PCRM -Physicans Committie for Responsible Medicine - http://www.pcrm.org/
American Anti-vivisection Society - http://www.aavs.org/intro.html
Animal Protection Institute - http://www.api4animals.org/
In Defense of Animals - http://www.idausa.org/
Action for animals - http://afa-online.org/
AnimalConcerns.Org - http://www.animalconcerns.org/
UFEtA - Unitarian Universalists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - http://www.uua.org/ufeta/index.html
All Creatures - http://www.all-creatures.org/
TryVeg - http://www.tryveg.com/cfi/toc/
World Animal Net - http://worldanimal.net/index.html/
VeganFreaks - http://veganfreak.com/
Friends of Animals - http://www.friendsofanimals.org/
Last Chance for Animals - http://www.lcanimal.org/
Abolitionist-online - http://www.abolitionist-online.com/
Animal Friendly Life - http://www.ananimalfriendlylife.com/
SHARK - http://www.sharkonline.org/
Bite Back - http://www.directaction.info/
Uncaged - http://www.uncaged.co.uk/
Sea Shepherd - http://www.seashepherd.org/
The Coalition to Abolish Fur Trade - http://www.caft.org.uk/
Infurmation - http://www.infurmation.com/
AnimalCruelty.com - http://www.animalcruelty.com/
The Committe to Abolish Sport hunting - http://www.all-creatures.org/cash/home.html
Puppy Mill Fighters - http://www.geocities.com/puppymillfighters/
Farm Sanctuary - http://www.farmsanctuary.com/
ADAPTT - http://www.adaptt.org/index.php
Vegan Outreach - http://www.veganoutreach.org/
Equine Advocates - http://www.equineadvocates.com/
Willows Animal Sanctuary - http://www.willowsanimals.com/
Punished Paws - http://www.paws.za.net/
The Association of Veteranarians for Animal Rights - http://avar.org/publications_brochures.asp
Animal Defense Legal Fund - http://www.aldf.org/
Abolitionist-Online - http://www.abolitionist-online.com/
VivaUSA - http://www.vivausa.org/
The Captive Animals' Protection Society - http://www.captiveanimals.org/
The Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights - http://www.avar.org/
Animal Rights Legal Advocacy Network (A.R.L.A.N.) - http://www.arlan.org.nz/
Center on Animal Liberation Affairs - http://www.cala-online.org/

Anti-Vivisection

The Absurity of Vivisection - http://www.vivisection-absurd.org.uk/
American Anti-vivisection Society - http://www.aavs.org/home.html
Hidden Crimes - Photographic exhibition on vivisection - http://www.novivisezione.org/mostra/index_en.htm
Shac 7 - http://www.shac7.com/
Shac - http://www.shac.net/
HuntingdonSucks.com - http://www.huntingdonsucks.com/

Direct Action for Animal Rights Groups

ALF - Animal Liberation Front - http://www.animalliberationfront.com/
ELF - Earth Liberation Front - http://www.earthliberationfront.com/

Activist Support Groups

ALFSG - Animal Liberation Front Support Group - http://www.hedweb.com/alffaq.htm
Vegan Prisoners Support Group - http://www.vpsg.org/

What Can I do?

Literature
PeTA Literature - http://www.petaliterature.com/products.asp?dept=61
Kinship Circle - http://www.kinshipcircle.org/
Tips on writing letter, articals, fact sheets, brochures... - http://www.arconference.org/outlines/Wmessage.htm

Pictures and Displays
Animal Rights / Veganism Displays - http://www.mnraps.org/displays.html

Join a Group
Meetup - Animal Rights Groups near you - http://animalrights.meetup.com/cities/
Meetup - Vegetarian and Vegan Groups near you - http://vegan.meetup.com/

Meet the Animals

General
Fact Sheets - http://www.petauk.com/factsheet/index.asp
Animal Suffering - http://www.animalsuffering.com/index.php
FactoryFarming.Com - The truth hurts - http://www.factoryfarming.com/

Animals in Pet Shops
Say NO to animals in pet shops - http://www.saynotoanimalsinpetshops.com/

Bees
Why honey is not vegan - http://www.vegetus.org/honey/honey.htm
The animal cruelty of bees - http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_cruelty/BeesCruelty.htm

Chickens
Poulty - http://www.mercyforanimals.org/poultry.asp
Chickens - http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_chickens.asp
Exposing routine animal cruelty in the poulty industry - http://www.chickenindustry.com/
United Poutly Concerns - http://www.upc-online.org/
Poultry.Org - http://www.poultry.org/

Ducks and Geese
Ducks and Geese - http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_cows.asp
Fois Gras - How much cruelty can you swallow? - http://www.stopforcefeeding.com/page.php?module=home
Fois Gras - Delicacy of dispair - http://www.goveg.com/feat/foie/

Fish
The creulty of fishing - http://www.animal-lib.org.au/lists/fish/fish.shtml
Fishing Hurts - http://www.fishinghurts.com/
So what's wrong with fishing? - http://www.vnv.org.au/Articles/Fish.htm
Fish Farms: Underwater Factories - http://www.nofishing.net/FishFarms.asp
Do fish feel pain? - http://www.firstscience.com/site/editor/024_ramblings_05092003.asp

Fur / Silk
Silk worm - http://www.vegansociety.com/html/animals/exploitation/silk_worm.php
AntiFur Society - http://www.antifursociety.org/
International Anti-fur Coalition - http://www.antifurcoalition.org/
Anti-Fur Campaign Resources - http://worldanimal.net/fur-resources.html

Hens
Egg Scam - http://www.eggindustry.com/
Why boycott the egg industry? - http://www.veganoutreach.org/eggs/
How do I cook without eggs? - http://www.pcrm.org/health/Info_on_Veg_Diets/eggs.html
Free-range eggs and meat: Conning consumers? - http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=96

Cows
Not-Milk - http://www.notmilk.com/
Milk Sucks - http://www.milksucks.com/
Lactose - http://www.lactose.co.uk/
Milk - No long required - http://www.pcrm.org/health/Info_on_Veg_Diets/milk.html
Milk - It's not all it's cracked up to be - http://www.strongbones.org/
What's wrong with dairy products? - http://www.pcrm.org/health/Info_on_Veg_Diets/dairy.html
Milk - A cruel and unhealthy product - http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=98
Casein - A milk Protein - http://allergies.about.com/od/casein/Casein_A_Milk_Protein.htm
Eating without casein - http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena/user/k/e/kevles/www/nomilk.html
Dairy food and heart disease- http://www.vegansociety.com/html/people/health/dairyproducts.php
PeTA - Cows - http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_cows.asp
Milk and the cancer connection - http://vvv.com/healthnews/milk.html

Pigs
The hidden lives of pigs - http://www.goveg.com/f-hiddenlivespigs.asp
Animal exploitation phote gallery - http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/pig.html

Rabbits
America's Commercial Rabbit Meat Industry - http://rabbitproduction.com/

Sheep
Wool is baad - http://www.woolisbaad.com/
Wool... the reality for sheep - http://www.veganviews.org.uk/vv77/vv77wool.html
Inside the wool industry - http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=55
Save the Sheep - http://www.savethesheep.com/

Turkeys
Adopt-a-Turkey - http://www.adoptaturkey.org/
Turkey exploitation Photo Gallery - http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/turkey.html
Turkeys - Factory Farmed torture on the dinner table - http://www.downbound.com/Turkeys_s/464.htm

Factory farm life
Farm Issues - http://www.farmissues.com/
Factory farming - The truth that hurts - http://factoryfarming.com/
Cruelty to animals - Mechinized madness - http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp

Santuarires
Eastern Short Sanctuary and Education Center - http://www.bravebirds.org/

Meet the Companies

Companies to boycott
Kraft - http://www.krafty.org/
McDonalds - http://www.mcspotlight.org/
What's wrong with McDonalds? - http://www.mcspotlight.org/case/pretrial/factsheet.html
Kentucky Fried Chicken - http://www.kfccruelty.com/
Boycott Proctor and Gamble - http://www.uncaged.co.uk/pgfaq3.htm
Iams cruelty - http://www.iamscruelty.com/
The boycott vivisection guide - http://www.veganessex.makessense.co.uk/articles/25.html
How about taxing meat to replace the health and environmental damage costs? - http://www.taxmeat.com/index.asp

Worker rights
How the meat industry exploits workers - http://www.goveg.com/workerrights.asp
Blood, sweat, and Fear - Workers rights in the US meat and poulty plants - http://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/usa0105/usa0105.pdf
The most dangerous job in America - http://www.goveg.com/workerRights_dangerous.asp

The Earth
Earth Liberation Front - http://www.earthliberationfront.com/
Fight global warming by going vegetarian - http://www.goveg.com/environment-globalwarming.asp
Meat and the Environment - http://www.goveg.com/environment.asp
Earth First! Journal - http://www.earthfirstjournal.org/

Vegan Shopping
Cruelty-Free companies - http://www.vegfamily.com/lists/cruelty-free-companies.htm
Peta Mall - http://www.petamall.com/
VeganEssentials - http://www.veganessentials.com/
Vegan Cats - http://www.vegancats.com/
Cool Vegan - http://www.coolvegan.com/shop.html
Green People - http://www.greenpeople.com/
A little bit of everything - http://veganconnection.com/where.htm
Downbound - A Toronto vegan store - http://www.downbound.com/
Cafepress - Selling vegan clothing - http://www.cafepress.com/buy/vegan/-/cfpt2_/cfpt_/source_searchBox/copt_
Moo Shoes - http://www.mooshoes.com/
Vegetarian Shoes - http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/
Ethical Wares - http://www.ethicalwares.com/
Vegan Store.com - http://www.veganstore.com/

Your Health

Studies
Vegan and Vegetarian studies - http://www.thevegetariansite.com/diet_stud.htm
Vegan Health Clinical Study 2005 - http://www.vnv.org.au/Nutrition/VeganHealthStudy2005.htm
High blood Pressure and a vegetarian diet - http://www.bhj.org/books/diets/chap11.htm

Vegan BodyBuilding
Bodybuilding Pumping Iron Naturally - http://www.veganbodybuilding.org/
Vegan and Vegetarian Bodybuilding - http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/vegetarian-bodybuilding.asp
Vegan Fitness Forum - Healthy and compassionate living - http://www.veganfitness.net/
Meatless muscle - http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news002/meatless_muscle.html

Cancer
Cancer Meat - The recipe for cancer - http://www.britishmeat.com/prostate.htm
Diet and prostate cancer - http://www.pcrm.org/health/Preventive_Medicine/prostate_cancer.html

Vegan Mortality
Mortality Vegan mortality and disease markers - http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/veganhealth

Vegan Cooking / Delicious Recipies
Vegweb - The recipe directory - http://vegweb.com/index.php?action=recipes
AllRecipies - http://allrecipes.com/recipes/vegetarian/main.aspx
The vegan kitchen - http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/kitchen.html
Vegan recipies - http://www.veganmeat.com/recipie.html
VegCooking - http://www.vegcooking.com/vegcooking.asp
Vegan Connection - http://veganconnection.com/recipes/index.htm
Vegan Lunch Box - http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/

Vegan Restaurants
Locate a vegan restaurant in your area - http://www.vegdining.com/Home.cfm
Browse vegetarian restaurants in your area - http://www.greenpeople.org/restaurants.htm
Your online guide to vegetarian restaurants around the world - http://www.vegdining.com/Home.cfm
VegGuide.Org - http://www.vegguide.org/index.html

Vegan Pregnancy
Pregnancy Pregnancy and the vegan diet - http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/veganpregnancy.htm
Vegan Pregnancy - http://www.vegfamily.com/vegan-pregnancy/index.htm
Vegetarian diets during pregnancy - http://www.andrews.edu/NUFS/Vegetarian%20Diets%20During%20Pregnancy.html
The vegan diet during pregnancy and lactation - http://www.childbirthsolutions.com/articles/pregnancy/vegandiet/index.php

Parenting Vegan Kids
Parenting Vegan kids room - http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/vegankidsroom.html
The vegan diet for infants and children - http://www.vegansociety.com/html/people/lifestyle/families/parenting/vegan_children/

Animals Derived Ingrediants
Additives - Vegan or Not? - http://vegan-info.com/additives.html
Veganz - http://members.aol.com/docvegan/_animalingredients.html
Internation vegetarian union - http://www.ivu.org/faq/animal_derived.html
Ingrediants derived from animals - http://www.hedweb.com/campaig/ingred.htm
Why it's not vegan - http://sbvdesigns.com/veg/notvegan.html

Vitamins and Nutrition

General Information
General Key nutrient souces for vegetarians and vegans - http://www.foodsforlife.org.uk/nutrition/vegetarian-vegan-nutrition.html
Nutrient information - http://www.veganpeace.com/nutrient_information/nutrient_information.htm
Vegetarian Society Health and Nutrition - http://www.vegsoc.org/health/
The Vegetarian Resource Group - http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/

Protein
Protein in a vegan diet - http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm
Where do you get your protein? - http://www.vegparadise.com/protein.html
Vegan protein sources - http://www.naturodoc.com/library/nutrition/protein.htm
The protein myth - http://www.pcrm.org/health/Info_on_Veg_Diets/protein.html
Should I be worried about getting enough protein? - http://www.ivu.org/faq/protein.html

Vitamine B12
Vitamin B12 - Are you getting enough of it? - http://www.veganhealth.org/b12/b12/
What every vegan should know about vitamin B12 - http://www.veganoutreach.org/health/b12letter.html
Protein and B12 for vegans - http://www.plantbased.org/html/b12.html
Vitamin B12 - Should you worry? - http://www.vegsource.com/attwood/vitB-12.htm

Iron
Iron requirements - http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/nutrition/iron.php
Iron in the vegan diet - http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.htm
Iron in the vegan diet - http://www.scienzavegetariana.it/nutrizione/vrg/iron1.htm
Vegetable source iron vs animal source iron - http://www.soystache.com/iron.htm

Calcium
What about Calcium? - http://www.worldveganday.org.au/faq04calcium.php
The truth about diet and bone health - http://www.vegansociety.com/phpws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=6&MMN_p
Calcium in a vegan diet - http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/calcium.htm
Vegan sources of calcium - http://flashedmrg.com/download/veg/misc/VegLinks.html
Vegan sources of calcium vs animal sources - http://www.soystache.com/calcium.htm
Hip fracture rates and vegan calcium needs - http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=12168.0
Calcium in the vegan diet - http://www.scienzavegetariana.it/nutrizione/vrg/calcium.htm

Essential Fatty Acids
Omega 3-6-9 Plant based sources of DHA/EPA - http://www.foodsforlife.org.uk/nutrition/vegetarian-DHA-EPA.html
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids - http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/nutrition/e_fatty_acids.php
Omega-3 and omega-6 - http://www.veganpeace.com/nutrient_information/nutrient_info/omega_info.htm

Nutritional Information for Vegan Products
Vegetable and Vegable Products - http://www.elook.org/nutrition/vegetables/

Vegetarian Starter Kits

Mercy for Animals - Free Kit - http://www.mercyforanimals.org/vegan_starter_kit.asp
Action for Animals - Free Kit - http://www.afa-online.org/starterpack.html
Vegan Outreach - Free Kit - http://www.veganoutreach.org/starterpack/free-vsp.html
Animal Place - A starter kit for teens - http://www.animalplace.org/govegan.html
World Farm Animals Day - Free Kit - http://www.wfad.org/actioncenter/wfad_vegstarter.php MeatOut - Vegetarian Starter Pack - http://www.meatout.org/vegetarianstarter.php
GoVeg - http://www.goveg.com/order.asp
TryVeg - http://www.tryveg.com/request/
PCRM - Online kit - http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/index.html
Friends of Animals - PDF - http://www.friendsofanimals.org/img/Vegan_Starter_Guide.pdf
Kids Vegetarian Starter Kit - http://www.vegkids.com/
Vegetarian Starter Kit for Pregnant Woman - http://www.peta.org.uk/feat/UKvegkit/pregnancy.asp
Why be a vegan and how to start - http://www.bryannaclarkgrogan.com/page/page/657466.htm

Vegan Life

Forums
The Vegan Forum - http://veganforum.com/forums/index.php
VegTalk - http://www.vegtalk.org/index.php
VeganFreaks Forums - http://www.veganfreaks.net/forum/index.php
Vegan Pece - http://www.thisiscool.net/vpforum/

Magazines
Herbivore Magazine - http://herbivoremagazine.com/
Satya - http://www.satyamag.com/
Liberation Magazine - http://www.liberation-mag.org.uk/

Books
Animal Rights Library - http://www.animal-rights-library.com/

Vegan links
Susan's Vegetarian Bookmarks - http://www.myhq.com/public/s/u/susanv/
Vegan Street - http://www.veganstreet.com/links/index.html
Vegan.com - http://www.vegan.com/
Vegan for Life - http://www.veganforlife.org/

Videos

Cruelty Footage
Meet your meat and MORE - http://www.petatv.com/veg.html
PeTA's Video Archive - http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/archive.asp
PeTA TV - http://www.petatv.com/
The Meatrix - http://www.themeatrix.com/meatrix1/
The Meatrix II - http://www.themeatrix2.com/
Compassion over killing - Chickens - http://www.eggindustry.com/cfi/video/
The terrors of fois gras - http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=foie_gras_USA&Player=wm&speed=_med
Animal Right BitTorrent - http://torrents.rbgi.net/index.html?page=0
Slaughter House Cam - http://www.slaughterhousecam.com/

Animals being Saved
Shac Videos - http://www.shac.net/movies/videos_action.html
Animal Liberation Front - http://animalliberationfront.com/MediaCenter/MediaNotes.htm
Anti-Vivisection - http://animalliberationfront.com/Philosophy/Animal%20Testing/changeyourmind.htm

Animal Rights in General
PeTA videos on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Animal+Rights+Peta
TryVeg on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tryveg
Animal Liberation Front - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=animal+liberation+front
What do kids think farms are like? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo2-4RnTk8k
A Dreamer for Animal Rights - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dreamingrecovery
Vegan Peace - http://www.veganpeace.com/books_videos_clips/clips.htm
Partij voor de dieren (Party of the Animals) - http://www.partijvoordedieren.nl/PvdDTV/?id=4

Physiology of the human body
Are Human being meant to eat meat? - http://youtube.com/watch?v=05zhL1YUd8Q

Comedy
Steven the vegan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMpHF2a-IJY
The Triple Tofu Tower - http://www.goodiebag.tv/video/ttt.htm
Cows with guns - http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/cowswithguns.php
Bizarro - http://www.bizarro.com/vegan/vegan_cartoons.htm

Audio

Podcasts
VeganFreak Radio - http://podcast.veganfreak.com/
Vegan Radio - http://www.podcast.net/show/1540
Generation Vegan - http://www.podcast.net/show/83545
Eriks Diner - http://www.podcast.net/show/41
Raw Vegan Radio - http://www.podcast.net/show/85686
Vegetarian food for thought - http://www.podcast.net/show/58304
Lets get baked - http://www.podcast.net/show/34816
Animal Voices - http://www.animalvoices.ca/

Vegetarian Music Bands
Goldfinger - http://www.goldfingermusic.com/
Moby - http://www.moby.com/
New Winds - http://www.myspace.com/newinds

Animals Rights News
Dawn Animal World News Watch - http://www.dawnwatch.com/
Direct Action Info - http://www.directaction.info/

Questions?
Animal Rights and Vegetarian Ethics - http://ar.vegnews.org/

Please feel free to post me to add on additional links.