Kimberley Christine Patton is a professor of the comparative and historical study of religion at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., where she has taught a course in animals and religion. She is co-editor of A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science & Ethics (2006).

Bernard Unti is senior policy adviser and special assistant to the president of the Humane Society of the United States. He holds a doctorate in U.S. history and is the author of Protecting All Animals: A Fifty-Year History of the Humane Society of the United States.

Andrew Rowan is executive vice president for operations at the Humane Society of the United States and CEO of the Humane Society International. He has a doctorate in biochemistry, is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is former director of the Tufts University Center for Animals and Public Policy.

Anita Guerrini is a history professor at Oregon State University. She has taught a course on the history of animal use in science and is the author of Experimenting With Humans and Animals: From Galen to Animal Rights. She can be contacted here.

Gary L. Francione is a professor of law and philosophy at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., where he is an expert in animal rights and teaches a seminar on the subject. He was the first academic to teach animal rights theory in an American law school. His books include Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal […]

The Institute for Laboratory Animal Research is organization which supports the use of animals in laboratory testing. Dorothy Zolandz is acting director.

AltWeb, the Alternatives to Animal Testing Web site, is an informational clearinghouse for those involved in animal research, welfare, testing and more. Its primary goal is to reduce animal testing by providing researchers with alternatives to animal testing. It is a project of the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing and maintains a list […]

Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry promotes animal rights and welfare issues among members of the Unitarian Universalist Association. It is based in Burlington, Vt. Mark Causey is president.

Mormons for Animals is an organization of students, faculty and others affiliated with Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Christopher Foster is faculty adviser.