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Free Animals APIs[021]
21 free public APIs in the Animals category — 16 require no authentication, 20 support HTTPS, 10 have CORS enabled.
Cataas
Cat as a service (cats pictures and gifs)
Cat Facts
Daily cat facts
Cats
Pictures of cats from Tumblr
Dog Pics
Pictures of dogs based on the Stanford Dogs Dataset
Dogs
Random facts and breed information about dogs
eBird
Retrieve recent or notable birding observations within a region
HTTP Cat
Cat for every HTTP Status
HTTP Dog
Dogs for every HTTP response status code
IUCN
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
MeowFacts
Get random cat facts
Movebank
Movement and Migration data of animals
Petfinder
Petfinder is dedicated to helping pets find homes, another resource to get pets adopted
PlaceBear
Placeholder bear pictures
PlaceDog
Placeholder Dog pictures
RandomDog
Random pictures of dogs
RandomDuck
Random pictures of ducks
RandomFox
Random pictures of foxes
RescueGroups
Adoption
The Dog
A public service all about Dogs, free to use when making your fancy new App, Website or Service
WoRMS
Authoritative list of marine species names and taxonomy
xeno-canto
Bird recordings
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What are the best free Animals APIs?
The directory tracks 21 free public Animals APIs. Top picks include Cataas, Cat Facts, Cats, Dog Pics, Dogs — see the full list above, all free to use.
Are there free Animals APIs without authentication?
16 of 21 Animals APIs require no authentication and can be used immediately without an API key.
Do these APIs support HTTPS?
20 of 21 Animals APIs support HTTPS.