How the SPCA Began

The following is taken from PSYETA (Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).  www.psyeta.org/sa/sa8.3/chien.shtml

 Society Animals Journal of Human-Animal Studies vol. 8 No. 3, 2000

 A Union of Christianity, Humanity, and Philanthropy:  The Christian Tradition and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Nineteenth - Century Eng

 This site offers an historical perspective to the discussion of the relationship between Christianity and nonhuman-human animal relationships by examining the animal protection movement in English society as it first took root in the nineteenth century.Since this study is quite lengthy (15 pages) I will share with you just a short portion of it: "At the turn of the nineteenth century a crusade for the prevention of cruelty to animals began in England; through collective efforts on a scale never seen before, legislative changes were sought, societies were formed, and campaigns were carried out.  After several failed proposals, in 1822, the first legislative act for the prevention of ill treatment of cattle was written in the statute books.  In 1824, a society for the exclusive purpose of preventing cruelty to animals, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA; after 1840,RSPCA) was launched."

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