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Mary Ellen Wilson (March 1864 – October 30, 1956), also called Mary Ellen McCormack, was an American victim of child abuse whose case led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the first child protection agency in the world. [1]
It is the only Federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers. Other laws, policies, and guidelines may include additional species coverage or specifications for animal care and use, but all refer to the Animal Welfare Act as the minimum acceptable standard. [122]
Some studies have suggested that individuals who are cruel to animals are more likely to be violent to humans. According to The New York Times: . The FBI has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appear in its computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists ...
The parents of five children in El Dorado County were arrested after an investigation found evidence thatthe children along with several animals were neglected, according to sheriff’s officials.
Title page of An Essay on Humanity to Animals (1798). Young presented a theological argument against animal cruelty in his 1798 work, An Essay on Humanity to Animals.In the essay, he analyses nine key scriptural references, using them to condemn approximately 15 common forms of cruelty towards animals [4] and to argue that God values animals and expects humans to show similar care. [5]
The case led to the first police raid in the United States on an animal laboratory, triggered an amendment in 1985 to the United States Animal Welfare Act, and became the first animal-testing case to be appealed to the United States Supreme Court, [3] which upheld a Louisiana State Court ruling that denied PETA's request for custody of the monkeys.
A federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 5,800 youths alleges San Bernardino County Children and Family Services, an agency that was deemed "too broken to fix" by a civil grand jury ...
The Cruelty to Animals Act 1849 [1] (12 & 13 Vict. c. 92) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom with the long title An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The act repealed two previous acts, the Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822 and the Cruelty to Animals Act 1835, and reiterated the offences of beating ...