ANIMAL RIGHTS & WELFARE ORGANISATIONS

This section is for organisations which do not necessarily have shelters or any re-homing facilities but are mainly concerned with changing people"s attitudes to animal welfare. In some cases it was difficult to decide whether an organisation should be in this section or the RESCUERS or the ANIMALS sections - please check both. If you know of an organisation which should be included please use the LINK FORM.
PLEASE NOTE: Some of these sites are not for the squeamish.

• Advocates for Animals www.advocatesforanimals.org.uk Scotland's and one of the UK's leading animal protection organisations. Campaigns in Scotland, the UK, Europe and Worldwide against all animal abuse - including vivisection, bloodsports, factory farming, performing and captive animals.
• Animal Aid www.animalaid.org.uk  One of the World"s most comprehensive animal rights web sites. Information about campaigns and news (we get some of our news for our Mailing List Newsletter from this site) Superb site, packed with information.
• Animals Count: http://www.animalscount.org: A political party whose mission is to establish a voice for animals, a party whose focus is respect and compassion for all living beings.
• Animal Rights Coalition (UK)  arrs.envirolink.org/arc/links.html Links to Animal Liberation and other groups
• Animal Rights Groups (Cambridge) www.chaos.org.uk/~maureen/arcam.html Local campaigns - Anti-blood sports
• Animal Welfare Directory: http://www.britishservices.co.uk/animalwelfare.htm: A list of UK' leading animal welfare organisations, rescue centres, charities and vets.
• Anti-vivisection: http://www.novivisezione.org/mostra/index_en.htm on-line photographic exhibition about vivisection using some of the photographs provided to us by some of the most important antivivisection societies.
• British Ant-Vivisection Society  www.eurosolve.com/charity/bava  The BAVA is an organisation trying to expose the uselessness and counterproductiveness of animal experimentation in regards to human health. Our campaign consists largely of trying to educate the public as to these matters through the distribution of leaflets, books and videos etc. We are an entirely non-violent organisation.
• CAFT (Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade)  www.caft.org.uk CAFT liaises with local animalmprotection groups in the campaign against the fur trade. Also carries out research, investigations and political work. Site contains žAnti-Fur News" and links to anti and pro fur web sites.
• CAPS. Captive Animals Protection Society: http://www.captiveanimals.org CAPS is opposed to the use of performing animals in circuses and wishes to see animal circuses outlawed. CAPS seeks to prevent the use and exploitation of captive and performing animals, and investigates cases of alleged cruelty against captive and performing animals.
• Compassion in World Farming www.ciwf.co.uk Campaigning to end the factory farming of animals. Details of campaigns with links. Use this site to look up info about battery hens etc.
• The Covance Campaign: National: http://www.covancecampaign.com: Campaign against animal experimentation at the Harrogate based Covance Laboartories Ltd who experiment on various species from rodents to primates, rabbits to horses.
• Friends of Animals: International Organisation: http://www.friendsofanimals.org: An international non-profit, animal advocacy organization. FoA works to cultivate a respectful view of nonhuman animals, free-living and domestic. Our goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation
  around the world.
• Global Animal Rights : http://www.globalanimalrights.com/ An organization dedicated in helping all animals. Please help stop the global torture and killing spree on animals. They are not ours to use, they are ours to protect.
• Greyhound Action Scotland: http://www.greyhoundactionscotland.org.uk: Campaign to raise public awareness into the exploitation of racing greyhounds. Campaign aiming towards achieving a ban on greyhound racing in Scotland.
• Hastings Animal Concern: E.Sussex: http://www.geocities.com/marchien2003: A local group campaigning against all animal abuse.An excellent NEWS page and links.
• The Home Of Animal Rights http://animalrights15.homestead.com/home.html This site has two aims- 1.Recognition of animal rights. 2.Banning of animal experimentation and all bloodsports.
• hope-uk: National: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hopeuk/: What is a puppy farm? Where do the puppies in pet shops come from? Is puppy farming still rife? The answers to all of these and more can be found here.
• Hunt Saboteurs Association www.huntsabs.org.uk The only organisation that works directly in the field to protect wildlife from the huntsman. Good links to local groups.
• International Society for Animal Rights: http://www.isaronline.org: ISAR is a nonprofit organization whose main purpose is to promote the rights of animals through education and law. Public education on the importance of spaying and neutering dogs and cats to alleviate the pet overpopulation crisis continues to be an important part of our activities.
• Lancaster Animal Rights Group: http://www.lancasterARG.org.uk A group of concerned people campaigning for animal rights issues. Please contact us if you'd like to get involved.
• League against Cruel Sports  www.league.uk.com Find out the truth about fox hunting, deer hunting, hare coursing, mink hunting etc. A no-holds barred report on what really happens. Don"t be fooled by the žjolly day out" hunting brigade. READ THIS!
• National Ant-Vivisection Society  www.cygnet.co.uk Founded in 1875 the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) is the world's premier anti-vivisection organisation
  campaigning tirelessly since its inception to expose the cruelty and  futility of animal experiments.
• Ned Ludd"s News  www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4111/ned.html Information Newsletter. Animal rights and environmental issues. Updated every fortnight. Bookmark this site to keep up to date.
• Nottingham Hunt Saboteurs Association www.enviroweb.org/nhsa Although this site is similar to the HSA it has some excellent links and is well worth visiting
• PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) www.peta-online.org One of the best web sites you"ll ever see. Very informative and easy to use. Find out how animals are cruelly used in tests for such things as cosmetics and washing powders etc. DON"T MISS IT!
• Scottish Animal Rights Alliance: http://www.animalrightsalliance.org.uk: SARA is the coalition of many Scottish grassroots AR groups and individuals. (Visit the site - Buy the T shirt (Ed) )
• S.H.A.C. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty: evesham worcs: http://www.shac.net: to help all lab animals from cruelty
• Vegan Society www.vegansociety.com Promoting ways of living which avoid the use of animal products
• Viva!: National Organisation: http://viva.org.uk: Info on factory farming and what you can do to end it, plus info on going vegetarian/vegan.