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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.
The result was the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, criticised by NAVS as "infamous but well-named". [17] [b] The act stipulated that researchers could not be prosecuted for cruelty, but that the animal must be anaesthetised, unless the anaesthesia would interfere with the point of the experiment.
Britain passed its first Cruelty to Animal Act after lobbying from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, expanding existing legislation to protect bulls, dogs, bears, and sheep, and prohibit bear-baiting and cock-fighting. [citation needed] 1847 The term "vegetarian" was coined and the Vegetarian Society was founded in Britain ...
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]
The first known animal welfare statutes in North America - regulations against “Tirranny or Crueltie” toward domestic animals - are included in the Massachusetts Body of Liberties. [5] 1828: New York passes the first state law against animal cruelty. [6] 1830s onward: Newspapers carry articles reporting and denouncing cruelty towards ...
Crossed Cheques Act 1876 [7] c. 81 — repealed by Bills of Exchange Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61) Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 c. 77; Customs Consolidation Act 1876 [12] c. 36; Customs Tariff Act 1876 [13] c. 35; Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1876 [7] c. 16; Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 [14] c. 61; Drugging of Animals Act ...
1876: After lobbying from anti-vivisectionists, the UK passes the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876, the first piece of national legislation to regulate animal experimentation. [26] United Kingdom 1877: Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, the first English novel to be written from the perspective of a non-human animal, spurs concern for the welfare of ...
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.