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International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) International Primate Protection League. Marine Connection. Monkey World (based in U.K.) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Performing Animal Welfare Society. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. SANCCOB (seabirds, based in South Africa)
On April 19, 1866, the first anti-cruelty law was passed in NY since the founding of ASPCA, and the organization was granted the right to enforce anti-cruelty laws. In 1867, ASPCA operated its first ambulance for injured horses and began advocating for more humane treatment of animals such as horses, live pigeons, cats, and dogs.
The first known animal welfare laws in North America were regulations against "Tirranny or Crueltie" toward domestic animals included in the 1641 Massachusetts Body of Liberties. [1] Starting in the late 1820s, a number of states passed anti-cruelty statutes. Many of these exempted animals used in experiments, and only twice were they invoked ...
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. SPCA organizations operate independently of each other and campaign for animal ...
The Humane Society of the United States ( HSUS) is an American nonprofit organization that focuses on animal welfare and opposes animal-related cruelties of national scope. It uses strategies that are beyond the abilities of local organizations. [3] It works on issues including pets, wildlife, farm animals, horses and other equines, and animals ...
Animal Justice (Canada) Animal Justice Project (UK) Animal Legal Defense Fund. Animal Liberation Leagues. Animal Liberation Press Office. Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing) Animal Protection and Rescue League. Animal Rights Cambridge. Animal Welfare Network Nepal.
MSPCA-Angell. The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell Animal Medical Center (MSPCA-Angell) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization with its main headquarters on South Huntington Avenue in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1868, and is the second-oldest humane society in ...
The Animal Welfare Act ( Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966, Pub. L. 89–544) was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 24, 1966. [1] It is the main federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research and exhibition. Other laws, policies, and guidelines may include additional species ...