From: black@che.serum.kodak.com (Robert Black (x37236))
Subject: Re: Please give me more information on Animal Rights Groups
Organization: Clinical Products Division, Eastman Kodak Company
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:17:02 GMT

In article <1egqo1INNsql@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> am860@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Catherine Michele Usher) writes:
>
>I have been reading some of the articles in this newsgroup and I am
>rather new to the net.  I would appreciate it if some people could
>send me more information (names and addresses of groups) on Animal
>Rights Organizations (PETA, Fund For Animals, Greenpeace, etc.) so
>that I may get more information and perhaps contribute.
>
>I appreciate your help, and apologize if this is not the correct place
>to ask for such information.
>
>Cathy

Cathy -

Here's a file where I've been saving addresses and phone numbers which
I've collected over the past couple years.  It's organized by issues.

- Bob


----------- Animal Rights, Environmental, and Conservation groups ------------

medical research
----------------
The American Anti-Vivisection Society
Suite #204 Noble Plaza
801 Old York Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046-1685
Phone	215-887-0816
FAX	215-887-2088

National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS)
53 West Jackson Blvd., Suite #1552
Chicago, IL 60604

Medical Research Modernization Committee
PO Box 6036 Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163-6018

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine	- headed by Neal Barnard
P.O. Box 6322					- oppose animal research
Washington, DC 20015				  cruelty
Phone 202-686-2210
Fax   202-686-2216

Students United in Protest of Research on Sentient Subjects (SUPRESS)
PO Box 1062
Pasadena, CA 91102

CIVITAS						- founded by Hans Ruesch
Box 491						- favors abolition of animal
Hartsdale, NY 10530				  research

Abolitionist					- favors abolition of animal
Box 26						  research
Swain, NY 14884-0026


farming
-------
Humane Farming Association
1550 California St. suite 6
San Francisco, CA 94109-9807

Farm Sanctuary
P.O. Box 150
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
(607) 583-2225

Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM)
PO Box 30654
Bethesda, MD 20824
301-530-1737

United Poultry Concerns
P.O. Box 59367
Potomac, MD  20859
(301) 948-2406
	
	
hunting
-------
Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting
PO Box 43
White Plains, NY 10605

Fund for Animals
200 West 57th St.
New York, NY 10019
301-585-2591

850 Sligo Ave.  Suite LL2
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:	301-585-2591
FAX:	301-585-2595

Friends of Animals
PO Box 1244
Norwalk, CT 06856


fur
---
Lynx				213/838-7178
10573 W. Piso Blvd. Suite 155
Los Angeles, CA 90064


wildlife
--------
Animal Protection Institute	- keep people up-to-date on legislation on
2831 Fruitridge Rd.		  current events concerning animal issues
P.O. Box 22505			  esp wildlife, habitat, trapping.
Sacramento, CA 95822		- opposes trapping
916/731-5521

Defenders of Wildlife		- save Florida panther and end extinctions.
1244 19th St.			- took US gov't to court to force enforcement
Washington, DC 20036		  of ESA.
				- present petitions and sues states.

National Wildlife Federation	- US largest conservation group.
1400 Sixteenth St NW		- works for clean air and wildlife habitat.
Washington, DC 20036-2266

World Wildlife Fund		- founded in 1961 to protect world's
1250 Twenty-Fourth St NW	  threatened wildlife and habitat.
P.O. Box 96220			- directs over 500 scientific studies.
Washington, DC 20077-7787	- has 23 affiliates across 5 continents.
				- targets only projects that are practical
				  and based on rigorous scientific research.

International Wildlife Coalition
320 Gifford St.			- end whale killing in Faroe Islands.
Fairmouth, MA 02540		- has offices in Washington, Illinois,
617/540-8086			  Ontario, UK, Netherlands.

Wildlife Conservation International	- supports save elephants program.
A Division of New York Zoological Society
Bronx, NY 10460

Evergreen Wildlife Conservation Society Inc.	- to protect and aid endangered
PO Box 417					  species, save natural habitat,
Lake Zurich, IL 60047				  rehabilitate injured and
708-540-8086					  orphaned wildlife.


primates
--------
International Primate Protection League (IPPL)
PO Box 766			- founded by Shirley McGreal in 1973.
Summerville, SC 29484

The Gorilla Foundation		- to save gorillas.	
Box 620-640
Woodside, CA 94062


marine mammals
--------------
Greenpeace			- protect marine environment in endangered
1436 U St. NW			  creatures in it.
P.O. Box 3720
Washington, DC 20007

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society	- started in 1979.
1314 2nd St.				- high seas confrontations.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
213/394-3198

Center for Marine Conservation		- save whales, seals, sea turtles,
1725 De Sales St. NW			  sea birds, dolphins, sea otters.
Washington, DC 20036


companion animals
-----------------
ASPCA				- founded in 1866 by Henry Bergh who got
441 East 92nd St.		  animal cruelty made a crime in 1866.
New York, NY 10128		- won't surrender an animal to a lab.

Washington Humane Society	- treat and care for abused and abandoned
SPCA				  animals.
P.O. Box 2318			- on call 24 hrs a day 365 days.
Washington, DC 20077-4758

National Humane Education Society	- founded in 1948 by Anna Briggs and
211 Gibson St. NW, Room 104		   Alice Morgan Wright.
Leesburg, VA 22075		- "never puts healthy animal to sleep".
				- has animal sanctuary in Walton, NY called
				  Peace Plantation) for 50 dogs and 600 cats.
				- encourages spay/neutering. 
				- opposes lab testing	- has 230,000 members.
				- takes and finds homes for starving
				  and abused animals

legal
-----
National Alliance for Animal Legislation
P.O. Box 75116			- animal protection lobbying organization.
Washington, DC 20013		- monitor and promote federal legislation
703/684-0654			  on behalf of animals and environment.

Animal Legal Defense Fund	- oppose use of animals in unnecessary lab
P. O. Box 96041			  experiments with legal action.
Washington, DC 20077-7136	- halted hot iron branding of cows by USDA.
				- sued NY DEC to stop use of leghold trap.

veterinary
----------
Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR)
PO Box 6269			- takes a stand on 23 crucial issues.
Vacaville, CA 95696		- only vet medical association speaking on
				  AR issues.

religious
---------
Christians Helping Animals and People Inc. (CHAP)
P. O. Box 272			- founded in 1976.
Selden, NY 10605


multi-issue
-----------
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
P. O. Box 42516
Washington, DC 20015
301-770-7382

PETA Merchandise
P. O. 42400
Washington, DC 20015

Humane Society of the US	- oppose cruelty including pet abuse, leghold
2100 L St NW			  trap, seal clubbing, needless experimentation,
Washington, DC 20077-6844	  dogfighting, veal calves, porpoise drowning
202/452-1100			  in tuna nets.
				- investigate cases and work with courts.

International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR)
421 South State St.		- believe animals, due to sentient nature,
Clarks Summit, PA 18411		  have rights.
717/586-2200			- seeks to end, not regulate, uses of animals
				  that deny their rights and cause suffering.
				- opposed LD50, Draize, Army tests,
				  slaughterhouse abuses, zoo abuses.

United Action for Animals	- provided info to Singer for An. Lib.
205 East 42nd St.		- founded in 1967.
New York, NY 10017		- introduced Research Accountability Act.
212/983-5315			- exposed truth about Cornell cat barbiturate
				  experiments.

Last Chance for Animals		- headed by Chris DeRose
18653 Ventura Blvd.
Tarzana, CA 91356
213/271-6096 (office)
213/271-1409 (hotline)

In Defense of Animals		- founded by Eliot Katz DVM in 1984
816 West Francisco Blvd.	- opposes animal research cruelty.
Rafael, CA 94901		- coordinates World Lab Animal Lib Day.

Animal Rights Mobilization
(formerly Trans-Species Unlimited)
P.O. Box 1553
Williamsport, PA 17703
717/322-3252

Citizens to End Animal Suffering and Exploitation (CEASE)
PO Box 44-456
Somerville, MA 02144
617-628-9030

Doris Day Animal League
111 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Dept. 1715
Washington, DC 20077-7220

Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
P.O. Box 10377
Lynnwood, WA 98046

Animal Emancipation, Inc.
P.O. Box 4114
Ventura, CA 93007
805/647-3464

regional groups
---------------
Animal Rights Advocates of Western New Yory (ARAWNY)
P. O. Box 475
Amherst, NY 14226


Houston Animal Fights Team (HART)
P.O. Box 440304
Houston, TX 77244
Phone	713/522-5131

New Jersey Animal Rights Association (NJARA)
PO Box 174
Englishtown, NJ 07726


magazines
---------
Animals' Agenda
456 Monroe Tpke.
Monroe, CT 06468
203/452-0446

Animals' Voice
PO Box 341347
Los Angelos, CA 06468
213/204-2323

Animal People
PO Box 205
Shushan, NY 12873-9989


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Robert Black 
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