Have a look into getting one a back issure of 3d world, not too sure which one but there was one with free animals in it on the CD.

Chris is right, asking for free stuffs not the way to go about stuff, it takes time and effort, a pro's time costs money.

Say you were making a short film for a festival and you needed the models then and you would credit the modelers then that might be different as it's possibly mutualy benificial to you and the modeler.

Whats wrong with turbo squid, dont you just buy a model and thats that??

Have a look on somewhere like highend 3d they might have some in the downloads section.

One of the main things here is that people dont want to GIVE their work away as who knows what your going to do with it, take credit yourself.... You get the pictue. If you PAY for it then you can do what you want with it.

Sorry to sound harsh but thats the reality of it.