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The Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 77) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which set limits on the practice of, and instituted a licensing system for animal experimentation, amending the Cruelty to Animals Act 1849. It was a public general Act.
1876 After lobbying from anti-vivisectionists, Britain passed the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876, the first piece of national legislation to regulate animal experimentation. [18] 1877 Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, one of the first English novels to be written from the perspective of a non-human animal, spurred concern for the welfare of horses ...
In England, a series of amendments extended the reach of the 1822 Act, which became the Cruelty to Animals Act 1835, outlawing cockfighting, baiting, and dog fighting, followed by another amendment in 1849, and again in 1876.
The Animal Enterprise Protection Act (AEPA) is passed. This law creates the crime of "animal enterprise terrorism" for those who damage or cause the loss of property of an animal enterprise. [36] 2002: The AWA is amended to redefine the term "animal" in the law to match the USDA regulations, i.e. to exclude birds, mice, and rats. [11] 2002
Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 c. 77 — repealed by Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (c. 14) Customs Consolidation Act 1876 [12] c. 36; Customs Tariff Act 1876 [13] c. 35 — repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52) Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1876 [7] c. 16 — repealed by Finance Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 47)
An Essay on Humanity to Animals is a 1798 book by English theologian Thomas Young. It advocates for the ethical treatment and welfare of animals. It argues for recognising animals' natural rights and condemns the various forms of cruelty inflicted upon them in human activities. Drawing on moral, scriptural, and philosophical reasoning, Young ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared freed Black Americans were citizens entitled to “full and equal benefit of all laws … as is enjoyed by white citizens.” Then the massacres began.
This led to the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, which reached the statute book on 15 August 1876. This Act remained in force for 110 years, until it was replaced by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. [1] The Victoria Street Society had advocated restriction of vivisection but from 1878 onwards declared total abolition of vivisection. [6]