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  • A Look at an Early Animal Welfare Conference

    Take a deep dive into an early animal welfare conference, complete with opening remarks and sessions.

    Audrey Lodato

    April 9, 2026
    1910s, Animal Welfare
    AHA, American Humane Association, animal control, Animal Cruelty, animal services, Animal Welfare, animals, ASPCA, Barking at the Knot, Cats, conference, Conferences, dogs, Early Expo, expo, history, Humane Movement, International humane association, writing
  • The Barbarites Inflicted Upon Brute Creation: Henry Bergh’s Complete Lecture in Albany

    A breakdown of Henry Bergh’s first cruelty laws and the entirety of his lecture in Albany in 1867.

    Audrey Lodato

    March 3, 2026
    1860s
    advocacy, animal control, Animal cruelty laws, Animal sheltering, Animal Welfare, ASPCA, Barking at the Knot, Early Animal welfare, Henry Bergh, Henry Bergh Albany Lecture, history, horses, hydrophobia, legislation, New York Act Anti-Cruelty, Rabies, scripture, TheBarbarites Inflicted Upon Brute Creation
  • The Arsenic Club: Blackmail and Horse Poisoners, Part three

    The conclusion of the animal cruelty case revolving around a gang of blackmailers and horse poisoners called “The Arsenic Club.”

    Audrey Lodato

    February 7, 2026
    1910s
    animal control, Animal control investigations, Animal Cruelty, Animal sheltering, Animal Welfare, animals, Barking at the Knot, Blackmail, Crime, dogs, Extortion, gangs, history, horse poisoning, horses, New York City, newspapers, pets, Rabies, Sing Sing, the humane movement
  • “Lay Low and Say Nuffin’”: The Henry Bergh Humane Society, Part Four

    A bill is introduced in Albany to give the Henry Bergh Humane Society the legal right to enforce the law in New York City. Opinions in the papers heat up.

    Audrey Lodato

    November 26, 2025
    1910s, Animal Welfare
    A.S.P.C.A., Albany, animal control, Animal Welfare, animals, ASPCA, Barking at the Knot, Cats, dogs, Gilded Age, history, horses, Humane Movement, hydrophobia, John P. Haines, Muckracking, news, pets, politics, Rabies, The Henry Bergh Humane Society, The Newspapers, writing

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