History
Timeline of animal cruelty
1877
American Humane — the country’s first national humane organization — was founded on October 9 in Cleveland, Ohio, by local humane society representatives from around the United States. The new organization’s first goal was to secure humane treatment for working animals and livestock in transit.
1879
American Humane passed a resolution to promote humane education in public schools and to discourage animal cruelty in classrooms experiments and demonstrations.
1915
American Humane initiated Be Kind to Animals Week® and launched a national poster contest for children. Be Kind to Animals Week is still celebrated annually during the first full week of May and is one of the oldest special weeklong observances in the U.S.
1925
American Humane set up a committee to investigate cruelties in the training of animals for the movies.
1933
American Humane launched a campaign to end the practice of giving children dyed chicks as Easter gifts.
1935
American Humane urged the Federal Bureau of Biological Survey to discontinue the use of poison in the control of predatory animals.
Following an incident in which some 1,400 lambs froze to death in transit, American Humane demanded that the Interstate Commerce Commission and Bureau of Industry create regulations to protect livestock shipped across state lines.
1945
American Humane started a program to provide therapy dogs for recovering World War II veterans.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and her dog, Fala, joined in an American Humane campaign for dogs to have identification tags.
American Humane urged that child labor laws be amended to forbid children under the age of 16 from performing dangerous manufacturing or mechanical jobs and from holding any sort of job that would require them to work during school hours.
1959
The Royal SPCA in England and American Humane formed the International Society for the Protection of Animals.
1971
An article in The National Humane Review exposed the widespread 1existence of cockfighting in the U.S. and called on law enforcement to crack down on the inhumane contests.
Red Star workers aided shore birds following a tanker spill in San Francisco.
American Humane testified in favor of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, with special regard to seal killing in the Pribilof Islands.
1981
American Humane celebrated its first annual Adopt-A-Dog Month®, to encourage the adoption of dogs from local animal shelters.
1985
Backed by American Humane, anti-dogfighting laws were passed in Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.
American Humane national reporting data showed documented child maltreatment reports topped 1 million for the first time.
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