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 […]
“Intersectional issues” broke up the 1st Church of Animal Rights––in 1921
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 […]
“We face a humane education crisis!” says HSUS historian Unti
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 […]
How “Quality of Mercy” Swallowed the humane movement (part 1)
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 […]
The Human Side of Animals, by Royal Dixon
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.) […]