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During this time most of the human population saw animals as lesser beings that did not feel. Animals were tools for labor.
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Jeremy Bentham was one of the first people to use the philosophy of utilitarianism for animals.
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The United Kingdom passed the first legislation that gave punishment to people that misstreated animals.
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Proposed the idea and began the awareness that animals do have feelings.
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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was created by Henry Bergh.
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The Cruelty to Animals Act of 1835 was revised to add more animals rights.
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Another legislation pass in the UK that protected not only household animals, but all animals from cruelty.
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During the 1950's the testing of animals for science and other reasons began to increase in the United States and around the world
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The Animal Welfare act was passed in the United States and it regulated the handling of small animals that were being used for testing purposes. The limit only consisted of six animal species and the animals must cross state lines to be regulated.
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The amendment took the restriction off of the rights for just six animal species and included all laboratory animals. Also, the animals no longer had to cross state lines to be registered.
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Regulated the way animals must be transported and required the transporter to be licensed. There must be proper space, ventilation, food, water and other resources for the animal during transportation.
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The ALF was created. An extreme group fighting potection of animals, they are known to use violence.
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was created. A group that lobbiesfor animals being equal with humans.
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This legislation was passed in the United States that requires labs to give animals large living space and ensure that the animals pain is at a minimum.
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This legislation regulates the selling of animals and one of the rules is that all pets must be vaccinated before sold.
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All dogs and cats must now be held in shelters for at least 5 days before being sold for research.
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This amendment removes birds, mice, and rats that are bred for research from the defenition of "animal". Therefore, they are only subject to all the laws a normal animal would be protected under.
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Animal Fighting Prohibition Act. Sharp objects are no longer allowed to be transfered with animals for use in animal fighting.