Adopt a Pet, Please: This is a must-read essay for all who love animals, written by Utah (the dog, not the state) Tappan. Visit the links for pet adoption. Then, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Home” to see exquisite photographs of “Wild Places, Wildlife – Images by D.S. Tappan,” who adopted Utah and became her best friend.

http://www.dstappan.com/PA. htm

Wild Places, Wildlife – IMAGES BY D. S. TAPPAN: Featuring photographic images representing the spirit of wild lands, the unsurpassed beauty of the natural world and the need for its preservation by natural history and wildlife photographer and writer Deb Tappan. Explore her galleries for Alaska, Northwest US, Southwest US, Yellowstone, Fauna, and more. Her aesthetic eye and technical expertise abound in all, but are all the more impressive in the wildlife images when you consider the extreme care she takes to avoid disturbing her wild subjects. Elsewhere on her site, she even shares some of her techniques and suggestions for successful and ethical wildlife photography. http://www.dstappan.com

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Project FeederWatch

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/

The Humane Society of the United States

http://www.hsus.org/index.html

Pets 911

http://www.pets911.com/index.php

Petfinder

http://www.petfinder.com/

Wildlife Land Trust

http://www.wlt.org/

Bob Zeller – PhotoArtist: award-winning photographs for the home or office, including lovely close-ups of birds and other wildlife, water lilies, and more. http://www.zellertexasphotos.com/