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The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is a charity in England and Wales that promotes animal welfare. It is funded by voluntary donations and is one of the largest charities in the UK, with income of £89.7 million of the year ended 31 December 2004. Since its founding as the SPCA in 1824 it has inspired the creation of similar, but independent organisations in other countries including the Scottish SPCA, RSPCA Australia and the ASPCA in the USA. Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity is a term in Christian theology (one of the three theological virtues), meaning loving kindness towards others; it is held to be the ultimate perfection of the human spirit, because it is said to both...
Animal welfare is the viewpoint that some or all animals, especially those under human care, should be treated in such a way that they do not suffer unnecessarily. ...
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The Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a charity to promote animal welfare. ...
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (usually referred to as the ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing the abuse of animals. ...
History The English/Welsh RSPCA was founded by a group of 22 reformers led by Richard Martin MP (who would thereby earn the nickname Humanity Dick), William Wilberforce MP and the Reverend Arthur Broome originally as a society to support the working of Richard Martin's Act. This Act had been passed in Parliament on 22 July 1822 and was against cruelty to farm animals, particularly cattle. The group assembled at the "Old Slaughters" Coffee House in London to create a society with the will and authority to enforce the new law. The SPCA, the first animal welfare society in any country was thus born and was granted its royal status by Queen Victoria in 1840. Colonel Richard Humanity Dick Martin, M.P., of Ballinahinch, Co. ...
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William Wilberforce William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 - 29 July 1833) was an English parliamentarian and leader of the campaign against the slave trade. ...
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William Wilberforce was already famous from his work to abolish slavery in the British Empire. The Buxton Memorial Fountain, designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London. ...
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At first the organisation did not employ Inspectors. A committee inspected the markets, slaughterhouses and the conduct of city coachmen. Rev Arthur Broome, from his own funds, employed a Mr Wheeler and his assistant, Charles Teasdall. In 1824 they brought 63 offenders before the Courts. Inspector is a rank in many police forces. ...
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In the late 1830s the Society began the tradition of the Inspector, which is the image best known of the RSPCA today. By 1841 there were five Inspectors, each paid a guinea a week, based in London, who travelled to various parts of the country bringing suspected offenders before the Courts. Events and Trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony Croquet invented in Ireland Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria...
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In 1876 the Cruelty to Animals Act was passed to control animal experimentation. In 1911 Parliament passed Sir George Greenwood's Animal Protection Act. 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
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Since then the RSPCA in England/Wales, in Australia and the other independent SPCA groups around the world have continued to score successes both in the creation of animal welfare legislation and in its enforcement. By the 1970s the work of the RSPCA was considered by many to have lost its radical force and the animal rights movement claimed to have taken over the struggle to improve the lot of animals. Thus began a period of progressive dialogue between the RSPCA and the more radical factions. The dialogue continues as of 2004. Animal welfare is the viewpoint that some or all animals, especially those under human care, should be treated in such a way that they do not suffer unnecessarily. ...
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See also The Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a charity to promote animal welfare. ...
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (usually referred to as the ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing the abuse of animals. ...
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Cruelty to animals refers to treatment which causes unacceptable suffering or harm to animals. ...
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The NSPCC, correctly known as the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is the UKs leading charity [1] specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. ...
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is Europes largest wildlife conservation charity. ...
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