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Internet Sites:

• Sea World -Busch Gardens Animal Information Database
This site includes a collection of animal resources and teachers guides.
http://www.seaworld.org/

• Electronic Zoo
Comprehensive set of links to veterinarian and animal-related resources.
http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm

• Franklin Institute’s Animals Hotlist
A good selection of links including background resources, images, and teacher resources.
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/animals.html

• The Wild Ones
“The Wild Ones is an ever-growing network of more than 30,000 children, teachers, and conservation professionals in 30 countries around the world. The Wild Ones provides students ages 7 to 14 with an international perspective, opportunities for cooperative science activities, and a positive outlook on their capacity as individuals to improve the prospects for endangered species.”
http://www.thewildones.org/

• Microbe Zoo
Microbe Zoo is a colorful and informative tour of microbial ecology. Many photographs and animations are used to depict the concepts covered.
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/

• Journey North
Internet classroom project to monitor migration of Monarch butterflies Northward each year.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth

• Whale Net
The WhaleNet website is dedicated to education while focusing on whales and whale research. WhaleNet is a unique interdisciplinary, hands-on, collaborative telecomputing project to foster excitement and learning about the natural world in schools across the nation and around the globe.
http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
 

Discussion Groups:

• FELINE-L
The FELINE-L email mailing list is intended for discussing all general-interest topics related to companion cats, including cat care advice, stories about cats, famous cats, jokes about cats, etc.
To subscribe, address an e-mail message in the following manner:
To:  listserv@lists.psu.edu
subscribe FELINE-L YourFirstName YourLastName

• Canine-L
CANINE-L is a discussion list for and about dogs; all kinds, types and varieties of dogs. Postings ranging from care and feeding of your household Spike or Fido to scientific research concerning any aspect of wild or domestic canine populations are welcome.
To subscribe, address an e-mail message in the following manner:
To: listserv@lists.psu.edu
SUBSCRIBE CANINE-L YourFirstName YourLastName

• EQUINE-L
EQUINE-L is the Horse Fanciers’ Discussion List.
To subscribe, address an e-mail message in the following manner:
To: listserv@lists.psu.edu
Subscribe equine-l YourFirstName YourLastName

• PETBUNNY
Forum for folks with companion rabbits.
To subscribe, address an e-mail message in the following manner:
To: listserv@lsv.uky.edu
Subscribe PETBUNNY YourFirstName YourLastName
 

Organizations:

• National Wildlife Federation
8925 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22184
Phone: (703) 790-4000
Toll-free: (800) 822-9919
http://www.nwf.org/

• World Wildlife Fund
1250 Twenty-Fourth Street, N.W.
P.O. Box 97180
Washington, DC 20037
Toll-free: 1-800-CALL-WWF
http://www.worldwildlife.org/