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The Humane Slaughter Act, or the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act (P.L. 85-765; 7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), is a United States federal law designed to decrease suffering of livestock during slaughter. It was approved on August 27, 1958. [1]
George Angell founds the American Humane Education Society. [28] 1907: Every state in the union has anti-cruelty statutes. [7] 1910: Massachusetts passes a law to allow the Massachusetts SPCA to inspect slaughterhouses. [7] 1922: By this time, twenty states have passed laws requiring humane education in schools. [28] 1923
Following the decline of the anti-vivisection movement in the early-twentieth century, animal welfare and rights movements did not re-emerge until the 1950s. In 1955, the Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL) was founded to lobby for humane slaughter legislation, and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA) was passed in 1958. [13]
The United States is one of the countries that has legislation for protection of shechita (Jewish) and dhabihah (Muslim) ritual slaughter. The Humane Slaughter Act defines ritual slaughter as one of two humane methods of slaughter. [141] Since 1958 the United States has prohibited the shackling and hoisting of cattle without stunning them first.
The Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL), the first organization to lobby for humane slaughter legislation in the US, was founded. [17] 1958 The American Humane Slaughter Act was passed. [17] 1960 Indian parliament passed its first national animal welfare legislation, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. [42] 1964
AWI and SAPL have worked for the successful adoption of more than 15 federal laws, including the Animal Welfare Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Humane Slaughter Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. AWI continues to defend existing laws, oppose bills that they believe threaten animals, and work for new protective measures, following ...
Law professor, author of Rattling the Case: Toward Legal Rights for Animals (2000) [172] Ursula Wolf: 1951 Germany Philosopher, author of Das Tier in der Moral (1990) [173] Philip Wollen: 1950 India Australian philanthropist, environmentalist and animal rights activist Gretchen Wyler: 1932–2007 United States
The Humane Slaughter Act is a United States federal law formulated to decrease livestock suffering during slaughter. The act was approved on August 27, 1958. The act was approved on August 27, 1958. [ 26 ]