Here is a list of online resources that can help you and your pet while you are in Japan. If we have left out any good ones, please let us know in the comments!

Topics:


Advocacy

Welfare and Activism ALIVE (All Life In a Viable Environment)
http://www.alive-net.net/english/index.html

Anti-Vivisection Action Network (Japanese)
http://www.ava-net.net/

Humane Society of the United States
http://www.hsus.org/index.html


Bereavement

Pet Loss Grief Support
http://petloss.com/

Rainbows Bridge
http://rainbowsbridge.com/hello.htm


Entertainment

Pet of the Day
http://www.petoftheday.com/

I Can Has Cheezburger
http://icanhascheezburger.com/


General Information, Newsletters

Animal People
http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/

Walk with Elly
http://pws.prserv.net/elly/


Health

American Animal Hospital Association: Healthy Pet
http://www.healthypet.com/

American Veterinary Medical Association
http://www.avma.org/

Ask DVM
http://www.askdvm.com/

Ask the Kitty Nurse Hotline
http://www.21cats.org/ask.html

Ask a Vet
http://www.askvetadvice.com/

Japanese Animal Hospital Association
http://www.jaha.or.jp/contents/modules/sect8/index.php?id=1

Tanya’s Feline Chronic Renal Failure Information Center
http://www.felinecrf.org/

Walk with Elly: English Speaking Veterinarians in Tokyo
http://pws.prserv.net/elly/ (click on Veterinarians)

Talk to the Vet
http://www.talktothevet.com/

Veterinary Secrets Revealed
http://www.veterinarysecretsrevealed.com/


Hotels and Boarding

Paws (Kansai)
http://www.pawsjp.com/index_e.htm


Importing Pets

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries: Animal Quarantine Service http://www.maff-aqs.go.jp/english/index.htm

U.S. State and Territory Animal Import Regulations
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/sregs/


Mailing Lists

Angels with Fur
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AngelsWithFur/

Japan Cat Network
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/japancatnet/


Rescue

Alley Cat Allies
http://www.alleycat.org/

Animal Refuge Kansai (ARK)
http://www.arkbark.net/index.htm

Best Friends Network: No More Homeless Pets
http://www.bestfriends.org/

Heart Tokushima
http://www.heart-tokushima.com/index_en.html

Japan Cat Network
http://www.japancatnet.com/

Old Friends: Facility for Retired Thoroughbreds
http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/

No More Homeless Animal Clinic
http://www.animalrescue-sf.org/english_area/index_english.html

Paws Yokosuka
http://www.pawsyokosuka.org/

21 Cats
http://www.21cats.org/


Shopping

George Japan
http://www.georgejp.com/

Only Natural Pet Store
http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/

Pet Shop Bros
http://booh.ocnk.net/

Sherpa Pet Carriers
http://www.sherpapet.com/


Transportation for Pets

Angel Buggy (Japanese)
http://www.angel-buggy.com/

New Lines Transys Taxi Group
http://www.nl-transys.com/


Travelling with Pets

See: Angels with Fur FAQ: Travelling with Pets and related links