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A Traitor To His Species:  Henry Bergh & The Birth Of The Animal Rights Movement

November 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Ernest Freeberg 322 pages,  hardcover.  $30.00. Basic Books Hachette Book Group 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104 www.basicbooks.com Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Perhaps the first question to ask about a new biography of Henry Bergh,  of whom more than 50 have reputedly been written already,  with at least four close to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Population control, Religion & philosophy, USA, Working horses, Zoos Tagged With: Carolyn Earle White, Diana Belais, Ernest Freeberg, George Angell, Henry Spira, Kit Burns, Merritt Clifton, P.T. Barnum, Thomas Edison

“Intersectional issues” broke up the 1st Church of Animal Rights––in 1921

March 3, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

The world’s first animal rights organization launched successfully,  then fractured & failed without a second meeting NEW YORK CITY––What if the animal rights movement,  as we know it today,  had launched out of the older humane movement 55 years earlier? It nearly happened. The animal rights movement as a distinct direction in animal advocacy is […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Alice Morgan Wright, Brandon Wolf, Chester Snowden, Diana Belais, Edith J. Goode, First Church of Animal Rights, Merritt Clifton, Royal Dixon

“We face a humane education crisis!” says HSUS historian Unti

April 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Orphan cause was foundation of the animal advocacy movement (See also HSUS bails out of humane education; ASPCA & AHA already did.) SEATTLE,  Washington––To see overt cruelty to animals––and humans––today,  one need only go to Facebook or search on the Worldwide Web. No sort of cruelty or misery is far from view,  despite the efforts of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Bernard Unti, Caroline Earle White, Diana Belais, George Angell, Henry Bergh, Merritt Clifton, William Alan Swallow

How “Quality of Mercy” Swallowed the humane movement (part 1)

December 19, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Effects of 1963 rewrite of history are still felt (See also Quality of Mercy, Part 2) Animal Welfare Institute founder Christine Stevens (1918-2002),  introduced as Mrs. Roger Stevens,  and National Humane Education Society founder Anna Briggs (1910-2011),  introduced as Catherine Briggs,  were probably the last people alive who were noted as humane movement leaders by […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Anna Briggs, Christine Stevens, Diana Belais, Eric H. Hansen, Merritt Clifton, William Alan Swallow

The Human Side of Animals, by Royal Dixon

January 10, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Project Gutenberg Ebook #19850,  2006. Free download from <http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19850>. Originally published by Frederick A. Stokes Co.,  1918. 254 pages,  hardcover. Royal Dixon,  who in 1921 launched the First Church of Animal Rights to great fanfare but with no evident follow-up,  was no Cleveland Amory. (See “Intersectional issues” broke up the 1st Church of Animal Rights––in 1921.) […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals Tagged With: Diana Belais, First Church of Animal Rights, Merritt Clifton, Royal Dixon

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