Legislating cruelty -- the origin of the SPCA

[Joel S. Berson]

A reminder of earlier discussion here:

"Thanks to the work of Anita Guerrini, I am aware of early 19th C
attempts to legislate cruelty to farm animals, the foundation of the
SPCA in 1824, and the Cruelty to Aniamls [sic] Act of 1876."

Written -- I infer in haste -- by an Associate Professor of English
at Kent State.

Joel

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