Discover a curated selection of organizations, projects, and resources dedicated to animals, sentience, and compassionate living. From scientific journals and conservation groups to book partners, travel specialists, and advocacy initiatives, these links offer many ways to learn more, get inspired, and take action for other animals and the planet.
Animal Sentience is the first journal devoted to the study of animal feelings. It is a peer-reviewed, online, multidisciplinary journal. Animal Sentience is open-access, with no subscription or publication fees.
The Animal Studies Repository is a free, searchable online database of not-readily-available information for scholars and activists: research reports, white papers, conference and symposium proceedings, articles and other materials. This valuable resource has logged 96,000 user downloads since launching in June 2014.
BCI’s mission is to teach people the value of bats, to protect and conserve critical bat habitats, and to advance scientific knowledge through research — all this while using a win-win beneficial solution that will benefit both bats and people…
From the BWS website: “In a world where so many look away, Bat World Sanctuary is on the front line to end the abuse and destruction of bats. We are recognized as the world’s leader in bat care standards and cutting-edge rehabilitation treatments, and we created specific guidelines for excellence in bat education programs that are used worldwide…”
This is the online portal for Explore. Explore features a wide range of topics—from animal rights, health and human services, and poverty to the environment, education, and spirituality. The website includes live-cam coverage of animals such as walruses, tigers and nesting ospreys. (Live-cam subjects covered vary over time.)
Fish Feel is the sole organization devoted exclusively to promoting the recognition of fish as sentient beings deserving of respect and protection. Despite fish constituting the largest category of animals used for food (including as farmed animal feed), and despite huge numbers of fish harmed for research, “sport,” and aquaria, their well-being receives very little attention, even from the animal protection community.
The Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy uses scientific analysis and expertise to address animal welfare issues and policy questions worldwide. A core group of academic, scientific and technical experts from within The HSUS and beyond drives this work.
The National Museum of Animals & Society is dedicated to enriching the lives of animals and people through exploration of our shared experience. To this end, NMAS promotes respect for life and compassionate ethics in advancing healthy, meaningful interconnections with the animal world.
One Green Planet is a platform for the growing compassionate and eco-conscious generation. Their goal is to help create a world where we eat delicious food and use amazing products that provide us with maximum benefit and have minimum impact on the planet.
Primates Incorporated is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, aims to create an indoor/outdoor primate sanctuary that will house up to a maximum of 100 monkeys (rescued gradually over 10-20 years) and will provide tourism, volunteer, and employment opportunities in the local area.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Our mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species.
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Sentience Mosaic
Website: Sentience Mosaic
A unique interactive website dedicated to animal sentience. (archive)
Voyagers Travel began operations in the year of 2002 with base in Quito, the grand Capital of Ecuador with the solid and permanent commitment of offering outstanding quality personalized tourism services to our valued customers, always focusing on working with local Communities and managing high cultural standards and social responsibility.
Check out the What A Fish Knows on Facebook! There you’ll find a page dedicated to the most diverse, arguably the most beautiful, and certainly the most maligned vertebrates on Earth!
