Barking at the Knot

Barking at the Knot

Understanding the hidden history of animal services

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  • How Corruption of Children Contributed to the Advent of Paid Animal Control Officers

    Our first dog catchers were children catching strays for a 50 cent rabies bounty. Did this corrupt their morals?

    Audrey Lodato

    April 21, 2025
    1870s, Animal Welfare
    animal control, Animal Welfare, animals, ASPCA, books, Dog catchers, dogs, fiction, history, Rabies
  • Throw Him in the Sea or Some Early Things That Didn’t Cure Rabies.

    Very early cures for hydrophobia were certainly creative. Learn about some of the more interesting ones.

    Audrey Lodato

    April 17, 2025
    Animal Welfare
    Animal Welfare, barking-at-the-knot, history, hydrophobia, Rabies
  • Hydrophobia and the Early Role of Health Departments in Dog Licensing

    Rabies had a lot more to do with the reason that we license dogs than you might think. Licensing is solving for a problem we no longer have – find out why.

    Audrey Lodato

    April 13, 2025
    1870s, 1880s, 1890s, Animal Welfare
    animal control, Animal Welfare, dogs, hydrophobia, Massachusetts, pasteur institute, Rabies
  • Henry Bergh was a Vaccine Denier?

    The early founders of our movement were very strictly anti-rabies vaccine.

    Audrey Lodato

    April 7, 2025
    Animal Welfare
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