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Bookmark or Share- Henry Bergh: A Father of the American Animal Welfare MovementIn fact, Bergh’s ASPCA in New York was very quickly followed by similar organizations in Boston and Philadelphia, modeled on Bergh’s plan—and by the end of his career, most states had adopted similar laws, and thousands of women and men joined their local chapters of the SPCA.
- Animal Rights Law and the Pursuit of Nonhuman PersonhoodEarly victories included the passage of the United Kingdom’s first anti-cruelty law in 1822, regulating the humane treatment of cattle and equines, and Henry Bergh’s founding of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to enforce the New York State animal welfare law in 1866.
- Anna Briggs, 101, lived an animal rights lifestyle before there was a ...Bergh, Massachusetts SPCA founder George Angell, and Carolyn Earle White, founder of five organizations including the Women’s Humane Society and American Anti-Vivisection Society. From that perspective, Coleman in Humane Society Leaders in America (1924) deemed David and Diana Belais, Kibbe, and Briggs to all be worthy
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- Author Dylan Forest - ANIMAL PEOPLE FORUMHenry Bergh: A Father of the American Animal Welfare Movement One man who is credited with the genesis of the animal rights movement in the United States is Henry Bergh, who was the founder of the ASPCA and undoubtedly left his mark on today’s animal activism.
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