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Included regulations against tiranny or cruelty towards animals
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An act against plowing by the tail and pulling the wool off living sheep
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Japan introduced a ban on eating meat and killing animals
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Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher who argued for better treatment of animals
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British Parliament passes the Act to Prevent the cruel and improper treatment of cattle
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The first society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is founded in England by Richard Martin, Arthur Broome, and William Wilberforce
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The first Cruelty to Animals Act is passed in Britain
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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded by New Yorker Henry Bergh
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this society is established in Britain by Francis Power Cobbe
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English social reformer Henry Stephens Salt publishes "Animal's rights:Considered in Relation to Social Progress
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Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" is a look into the cruelty and appauling conditions of the Chicago meatpacking industry
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English animal rights activist Donald Watson founds Vegan Society in Britian
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The fundamental principal of the animal rights movement is that name non human animals deserve recognition protection and consideration.
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The most influential book for animal rights was written by Peter Singer in 1975
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Animal Legal defense Fund is established and the National Anti-Vivisection Society establishes World Lab Animal Day on April 24 which has evolved into World Laboratory Animal Week
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Peta is founded
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officially founded
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The author, Tom Regan, argues that some kinds of non human animals deserve moral rights because they are the "subjects of a life".
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first annual
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nation wide fur protest day after Thanksgiving
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High school student Jennifer Graham refuses to dissect frog
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by John Robbins is published
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Avon stops testing its products on animals
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In Defense of Animals launches their campaign against Proctor and Gamble's animal testing
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Revlon stops testing its products on animals
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passed
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stops using live animals in crash tests
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goes on a rampage killing her trainer and escaping from the circus before being gunned down by police
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Vegetarian activist and former cattle rancher Howard Lyman appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show which causes a defamation lawsuit filed by Texas Cattleman
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PETA releases undercover video showing animal abuse by Huntington Life Sciences
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A judge rules in favor of Lyman and Winfrey in the defamation lawsuit. Humane Society of US reveals that Burlington Coat Factory is selling products made of cat and dog fur
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Compassion Over Killing rescues abused chickens
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Stops selling fur
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killing horses for human consumption ends in the US
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Orca kills trainer
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A documentary about whales in captivity is released
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Ends whale show and breeding program
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Welfare of Our Furry Friends Act prohibits airlines from storing animals in overhead compartments.
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banned in New York state