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Massachusetts Body of Liberties
Included regulations against tiranny or cruelty towards animals -
Legislation passes in Ireland
An act against plowing by the tail and pulling the wool off living sheep -
Japanese ban
Japan introduced a ban on eating meat and killing animals -
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher who argued for better treatment of animals -
Parliament passes an act
British Parliament passes the Act to Prevent the cruel and improper treatment of cattle -
First Society
The first society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is founded in England by Richard Martin, Arthur Broome, and William Wilberforce -
Cruelty to Animals act passed
The first Cruelty to Animals Act is passed in Britain -
American Society
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded by New Yorker Henry Bergh -
The National Anti-Vivisection Society
this society is established in Britain by Francis Power Cobbe -
Henry Stephens Salt
English social reformer Henry Stephens Salt publishes "Animal's rights:Considered in Relation to Social Progress -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" is a look into the cruelty and appauling conditions of the Chicago meatpacking industry -
Vegan Society in Britain
English animal rights activist Donald Watson founds Vegan Society in Britian -
Modern Animal Rights Movement begins
The fundamental principal of the animal rights movement is that name non human animals deserve recognition protection and consideration. -
Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals by Peter Singer
The most influential book for animal rights was written by Peter Singer in 1975 -
Animal Legal Defense
Animal Legal defense Fund is established and the National Anti-Vivisection Society establishes World Lab Animal Day on April 24 which has evolved into World Laboratory Animal Week -
Peta
Peta is founded -
Farm Animal Reform Movement
officially founded -
The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan
The author, Tom Regan, argues that some kinds of non human animals deserve moral rights because they are the "subjects of a life". -
Great American Meatout
first annual -
Fur free Day
nation wide fur protest day after Thanksgiving -
Refusal to dissect frog
High school student Jennifer Graham refuses to dissect frog -
Diet For A New America
by John Robbins is published -
Avon
Avon stops testing its products on animals -
In Defense of Animals
In Defense of Animals launches their campaign against Proctor and Gamble's animal testing -
Revlon
Revlon stops testing its products on animals -
Animal Enterprise Protection Act
passed -
General Motors
stops using live animals in crash tests -
Great Ape Project is founded
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Tyke the elephant
goes on a rampage killing her trainer and escaping from the circus before being gunned down by police -
Compassion Over Killing is founded
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Howard Lyman
Vegetarian activist and former cattle rancher Howard Lyman appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show which causes a defamation lawsuit filed by Texas Cattleman -
Undercover video
PETA releases undercover video showing animal abuse by Huntington Life Sciences -
Lyman and Winfrey
A judge rules in favor of Lyman and Winfrey in the defamation lawsuit. Humane Society of US reveals that Burlington Coat Factory is selling products made of cat and dog fur -
Hen Facility
Compassion Over Killing rescues abused chickens -
Forever 21 chain
Stops selling fur -
Horse meat
killing horses for human consumption ends in the US -
Sea World
Orca kills trainer -
Blackfish
A documentary about whales in captivity is released -
Sea World
Ends whale show and breeding program -
WOOFF
Welfare of Our Furry Friends Act prohibits airlines from storing animals in overhead compartments. -
cat declawing
banned in New York state