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"Animals Around Us" is an interactive computer game, with worksheets, that will run on any DOS-based computer equipped with a mouse. At the same time as students have fun and develop their computer skills, they will learn important lessons about animals, the products they provide, and the interdependence of animals and humans. For grades K-3.

Instructions: If you choose the command "Run program from its current location", nothing will be installed on your hard drive. If you choose the command "Save this program to disk", you can play the program at any time by executing the program "ANIMALS.EXE" from the Start Programs function on your computer. Virus note: Executable files are a popular way of spreading viruses. This file is free of viruses.

To acquire the "Animals Around Us" computer game, free of charge, click here (file size: 1.4 MB). To acquire the "Animals Around Us" work sheets in PDF format, click here (file size: 1.9 MB).

This video offers a fascinating look behind the scenes on a family fur farm. Explore the day-to-day operations and see what it takes to raise healthy mink. Details are provided about: mink sheds, nutrition, watering systems, health and disease, live transportation, euthanasia, and the certification process. 10 minutes.

To order "Excellence Through Humane Care" on CD-ROM or view a short version on-line, visit Fur On Film.

Two complete units are now available free of charge in PDF format, ready for downloading and classroom use. These units are intended to be used in conjunction with a resource pack available from Perfect Solutions, but can also function to great effect on their own. (Outside link to Man In Nature)

"The mink belongs to the order Carnivora, which means it is carniverous - a meat-eater. The order Carnivora also includes other meat-eaters such as lions, tigers, hyenas, coyotes, and wolves. ..."

Find out all you want to know about mink, both in the wild and as domesticated animals on farms.

This special FCUSA feature takes a detailed look at every aspect of mink, including: behavior, size, diet, habitat, eyesight, lifespan, reproduction, predators, and more.

Special Feature No. 1: True Colors! Learn about the many different colors of farmed mink and fox.

Special Feature No. 2 - Grading Mink : How to SuCCeeD!

Fur Types in Brief. Everything from antelope to wolverine.

Try to find these hidden Utah crops & animals! Cherries, mink, apricot, sheep, barley, onion, turkey, apple, honey, cattle, hogs, pear. Produced by the USDA Farm Service Agency. PDF format.

This booklet provides a short youth-oriented course concerning those basic medical principles essential to keeping animals safe and healthy - farm isolation, traffic control, hygiene, and sanitation. Readers are shown how common or unusual diseases are reduced when animals are protected from direct or indirect contact with other animals (wild or domesticated), people, and equipment from other locations. Further, they are informed about the many reasons why an animal’s environment and surroundings need to be hygienic and sanitary. By Edward Mallinson, VMD, University of Maryland, Jeffrey Workman, MS, Ohio State University, and William Epperson, DVM, MS, Ohio State University, 2006. PDF format.

Springtime Down on The Farm : Kids Learning from Kits
Winter Time Essay by second-generation fur farmer and high school junior Cristina. Also available in PDF format.

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Fur Council of Canada Follow link to educational resources.

Fur Institute of Canada General educational resources.

British Broadcasting Corp. Ask a teacher: How do animals in Arctic reigions use fur or huddling methods to survive winter? Which is more effective?

One ... two ... three... fur! Knowledge quiz from the Fur Institute of Canada.

The fur trade. Lesson plans from the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, authored by June Lewis, grades 4-8.

Fur and Alligator Advisory Council educational materials, including Louisiana Furbearers (PDF format) and Furbearer Management handout (PDF format).

Encarta Encyclopedia With entries on fur farming, marketing channels for furs, processing furs, fur garment manufacture, Fur Products Labeling Act (US), and more.

Environmental education for kids! Critter corner: the mink. From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

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Provider Pals Winners of the prestigious Preserve America Presidential Award.

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Foundation for Animal Use Education Education resources.

There's magic in manure! Chickens and scientists join forces for clean water. USDA Agricultural Research Service, Sci4KIDS.

Loos Tales. Sixth-generation farmer and radio show host Trent Loos shares his passion for a rural lifestyle while interviewing the people who make rural America what it is today.

Mid-Continent Association for Agriculture, Biomedical Research and Education The Missouri-based MAABRE "will help you understand the important roles animals play in agriculture, medical research and education."

National Cattlemen's Beef Association Free resource materials.

Teacher Resource Guide to Farm Animal Care and Use Issues. Animal Ag Alliance. (PDF format)

Ohio Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom

Ontario Farm Animal Council student and teacher resources.

USDA Agriculture in the Classroom Website

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service "Kids Page"

Utah Ag in the Classroom

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom

Joshua Christian Family Center, Schill Farm. Vacation while participating in chores on a secluded, peaceful working farm. Strobleton, PA.

Recommended Reading
Rush [Limbaugh] Could Be Right : Teaching Both Sides of Environmental Issues By Dr. Jack Stauder, Professor of Sociology/Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Outside link to Ecotopics International News Service.