Links to websites and organisations relevant to animal traction

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Networks	ATNESA (Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa) http://www.atnesa.org and affiliated national networks including those in Ethiopia (ENAP), Kenya (KENDAT), Tanzania (TADAP), South Africa (SANAT) and Zimbabwe (APNEZ). RELATA (Red Latinoamericana de Tracción Animal) http://www.relata.org.ni African Conservation Tillage Network (not animal traction, but with an interest in this subject) http://www.welcome.to/ACT-Network RECTA: La Red Cubana de Tracción Animal Cuba Network of Animal Traction http://www.recta.org MITA Réseau Malgache de Développement des Moyens Intermédiaires de Transport Madagascar Network for the Development of Intermediate Means of Transport (including ox carts and use of equids). Mainly French. http://www.mitamadagascar.org

Animal traction technologies	Animal traction technologies using camels in Niger http://camelides.cirad.fr/fr/publications/guide_traction.html

Transport issues (These organisations have some interest in animal power)	The International Forum for Rural Transport and Development http://www.ifrtd.org Animal Traction Development. This site has many documents relating to animal traction that can be downloaded. It also contains a display with many ideas and pictures on animal-powered transport and other rural transport technologies http://www.animaltraction.com DFID Transport Links http://www.transport-links.org Department for International Development in association with TRL (Transport Research Laboratory), United Kingdom

Research and education (Some staff in these establishments have an interest in animal power)	CTVM (Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine) of the University of Edinburgh http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/ctvm/Research/DAPR/Draught%20power.htm University of Kassel. On-line animal traction literature database http://www.uni-kassel.de/hrz/anwendungen/rosebrock/wiz/db_form_wiz.html IDS Information database (broadly-based) http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/ http://www.id21.org Web-based Information System for Agricultural Research for Development (a broadly-based database) http://www.iac-agro.nl/wisard/ International Livestock Research Institute http://www.cgiar.org/ilri/

Development issues (These organisations have some interest in animal power)	The Aid Workers Network links people involved in practical development to share support, ideas and best practice. If you need practical advice or want to debate an issue some of the 6000 members in 162 countries may be able to help you. http://www.aidworkers.net/ A gateway to very many organisations concerned with development issues http://www.oneworld.net/ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations http://www.fao.org ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) http://www.cta.int/ The World Bank (much information and numerous reports) http://www.worldbank.org/ MSU (Michigan State University) Global Access (searchable database with many links) http://www.msuglobalaccess.net/theme/agriculture/ http://iloasist.csir.co.za/

Appropriate technology organisations (These organisations have some interest in animal power)	Information and Advisory Service on Appropriate Technology (several animal traction publications are available) http://gate.gtz.de/isat http://www.skat.ch Intermediate Technology Development Group with activities in Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Sudan and elsewhere

Animal traction and work animal breeds in Europe (These organisations have some interest in animal power)	Traits de genie - French site in English on working horses, mules and donkeys with links to other sites http://www.traitsdegenie.com British Mule Society http://www.hamill.co.uk/british_mule_soc/index.html British Donkey Breed Society http://www.donkeybreedsociety.co.uk Donkeys and Donkey Milk (Italy) http://www.lattediasina.it German Donkey Society http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ohoefer/EINDEX.HTM Work with oxen in German (site in German) http://www.zugrinder.de Æselforeningen Danish Donkey Society (site mainly in Danish) http://www.joergennielsen.hjem.wanadoo.dk

Animal welfare organisations (These organisations have some interest in animal power)	The Brooke http://www.thebrooke.org Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad http://www.spana.org The International Donkey Protection Trust and Donkey Sanctuary (UK) http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/idpt/home01.html International League for the Protection of Horses http://www.ilph.org Working Together for Equines http://www.dsrtweyr.com/wtfe/about.html World Association for Transport Animal Welfare and Studies http://www.taws.org

Livestock and veterinary development	Livestock Production Programme (LPP) managed by NR International for DFID www.lpp.uk.com Vetwork http://www.vetwork.org.uk Vetaid http://www.vetaid.org

Training resources	Training young oxen http://iscowp.org Ox Power Handbook by Paramananda (should also be on http://iscowp.org)

Animal traction in North America (These organisations have some interest in animal power)	Rural Heritage - journal in support of small farmers and loggers who use draft horse, mule, and oxen power http://www.ruralheritage.com/ Tillers International: Excellence in Training and Hitching of Oxen and Draft Horses. http://www.wmich.edu/tillers/ Midwest Ox Drovers' Association http://www.execpc.com/oxdrover/index.html Bulletin board with discussions on working horses for farming and logging http://pub8.ezboard.com/bworkinghorse.html ISCOWP (The International Society for Cow Protection) A International lacto-vegetarian group offering training on Ox Teams & Organic Dairy Farming http://iscowp.org Mule Barn (USA) http://www.mules.com/ Donkeys (recreational) USA http://www.donkeys.com/index.html Logging with oxen (USA) http://www.mainerec.com/logger1.html http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/AppalFor/draftl.html

Museums and historic farms (These organisations have some interest in animal power)	Howell Living History Farm, USA (circa 1900). Eight horses and a pair of oxen. Internships in animal-powered farming http://www.howellfarm.org Agricultural machinery http://www.history.rochester.edu/appleton/a/agmac-m.html http://www.monticello.org/Matters/industries/ploughing.html http://www.nau.edu/~cline/speccoll/images/catrecs/238.html University of Reading Rural History Centre http://www.rdg.ac.uk/Instits/im/rural/mus.html

On-line journals and magazines (These publications have some interest in animal power)	Draught Animal News http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/ctvm/publs/dan/danfp.htm New Agriculturalist http://www.new-agri.co.uk/ Spore (CTA) http://www.agricta.org/index.htm French language http://www.syfia.com/premiere/index1.asp French language Spore (CTA) http://www.agricta.org/indexfr.htm Hoofcare and Lameness (Journal of Equine Foot Science) http://www.hoofcare.com/info.html

Implement manufacturers	Carthorse Machinery (hitch carts and power-takeoff carts for heavy horses): Note: this site contains some attractive photos but they take time to download (pages up to 600 kb) http://www.carthorsemachinery.com/index.htm

Rare breeds	The Iberian Rare Breeds Trust (conservation of Giant Andalucian Donkey) http://www.giantdonkey.co.uk/

Miscellaneous reports	Report on work animals under drought conditions http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/EUE/draught0794.html Reports of DFID-funded work (some on animal power) http://www.nrinternational.co.uk/~n/nri/livepp1.htm

Poetry and literature	http://ncc1701.apana.org.au/~larrikin/lit/poetry/teams.html

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