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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."
The Humane Society of Pinellas was founded in 1949, then known as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Clearwater or SPCA Clearwater. In 1988, after the founding of another local animal shelter, the SPCA Clearwater changed its name to the Humane Society of North Pinellas. The shelter underwent another name change, and in 2000 ...
A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is a common name for non-profit animal welfare organizations around the world. The oldest SPCA organization is the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , which was founded in England in 1824.
As a response to critics of the UK campaign asking for a ban or some form of censorship, PETA accused them of book burning to further imply Nazi mentality. [196] In 2004 a complaint was made by Paul Spiegel and the Central Council of Jews in Germany , asking the German court to order PETA to halt the campaign and threatening to sue. [ 191 ]
The act authorized the establishment of the BC SPCA to investigate offences involving cruelty to animals and to take action to rescue captive animals in distress. BC SPCA formally began operating in 1896 and its first meeting was held at New Westminster. By 1901, the organization had more than 10 branches spread across various cities of British ...
The Humane Law Enforcement Division was a branch of the ASPCA staffed by 20 armed New York State peace officers who responded to reports of animal cruelty in marked ASPCA patrol cars in the New York City area as well as perform undercover operations. The officers were empowered through NYS Criminal Procedure Law and NY Agriculture and Markets ...
Today, HSUS operates five animal sanctuaries in the states of California, Florida Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas. [35] HSUS also worked, from the 1960s, to promote humane education of children in the schools. Much of this work was carried out under the auspices of an affiliate, the National Association for the Advancement of Humane Education.
The group originated in England in 1966 as the Process Church of the Final Judgment, [10] co-founded by Mary Ann MacLean, who was married to former church member and Best Friends Animal Society co-founder Gabriel Depeyer, [11] and who lived on Best Friends' sanctuary grounds until her 2005 death.