“Horsefeathers,” says Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages founder NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.––Voters For Animal Rights was quick to declare victory on October 30, 2019 when the New York City Council passed a bill banning the sale of foie gras from force-fed ducks and geese and a bill creating a Mayor’s Office of Animal Welfare within […]
Review: Monsters & Miracles: Henry Bergh’s America, by Gary Kaskel
Monsters & Miracles: Henry Bergh’s America by Gary Kaskel Infinity Publishing (1094 New DeHaven St., Suite100, W. Conshohocken, PA 19428), 2013. 383 pages, electronic & paperback formats. $10.95. Henry Bergh, who founded the American SPCA in 1866, remains such an influential and legendary figure that a succinct biography of Bergh fills nearly half of […]