Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians

The electronic age is upon us and there are many, many resources available on the World Wide Web. The following links are a collection of sites that we have found useful in our profession. If you know of a site that is not listed here and you feel should be please submit it to the webmaster. Also if you find any of the links outdate please inform the webmaster and we will either fix or remove the link

Conservation Organizations:

Traffic - http://www.traffic.org/

World Wildlife Fund - http://www.wwf.org/

The World Conservation Union - http://www.iucn.org/

The Nature Conservancy - http://www.tnc.org/

The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) - http://conbio.rice.edu/scb/

Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) - http://www.cbsg.org/

Which has an amazing list of Zoos at - http://www.cbsg.org/gzd.htm

Searchable Databases:

Medline is available through multiple servers, I have listed the basic ones below:

Uncover -

Biosis - http://www.york.biosis.org/home_deluxe.html

Government Sites:

APHIS - http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

EPA Global Resourses Directory - http://www.epa.gov/globalresources/

USDA Center for Veterinary Medicine - http://www.fda.gov/cvm/

Other Sites:

Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy - http://www.jiwlp.com/

Veld Gateway to Conservation Education and Training - http://www.veld-inc.com/index.html

California Wolf Center! Conservation & Education Mexican & Gray Wolves - http://www.californiawolfcenter.org/ (Brochure)

Listservers:

There a large number of listservers, basically you are subscribing to an e-mail service where you either only receive information or open forums where people from all over the world can discuss common interests. Everything from Tapirs to Cites. One of the better places to start looking is the following index.
Publicly Accessable Mailing Lists - http://paml.net/