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An animal control service or animal control agency is an entity charged with responding to requests for help with animals, including wild animals, dangerous animals, and animals in distress. An individual who works for such an entity was once known as a dog catcher, but is generally now called an animal control officer, and may be an employee ...
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) International Primate Protection League. Marine Connection. Monkey World (based in U.K.) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Performing Animal Welfare Society. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. SANCCOB (seabirds, based in South Africa)
The first known animal welfare laws in North America were regulations against "Tirranny or Crueltie" toward domestic animals included in the 1641 Massachusetts Body of Liberties. [1] Starting in the late 1820s, a number of states passed anti-cruelty statutes. Many of these exempted animals used in experiments, and only twice were they invoked ...
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. / 40.780000°N 73.945694°W / 40.780000; -73.945694. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty. Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is ...
This list of animal rights groups consists of groups in the animal rights movement.Such animal rights groups work towards their ideals, which include the viewpoint that animals should have equivalent rights to humans, such as not being "used" in research, food, clothing and entertainment industries, and seek to end the status of animals as property. [1]
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ( APHIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) based in Riverdale, Maryland responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare, and plant health. APHIS is the lead agency for collaboration with other agencies to protect U.S. agriculture from invasive pests and ...
“Our City can and must do a better job of treating homeless animals with compassion and respect.” The audit set forth 18 recommendations to both Animal Care & Control and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the agency responsible for AC&C’s contract compliance.
A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( SPCA) is a common name for non-profit animal welfare organizations around the world. The oldest SPCA organization is the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which was founded in England in 1824. SPCA organizations operate independently of each other and campaign for animal ...