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Ed Duvin’s “Unfinished Business”

This week, in a bit of a deviation from my usual content, I’m choosing to repost Ed Duvin’s 1999 essay “Unfinished Business” in it’s entirety. I have noticed that one of the few places I could go to find this essay has disappeared. I worry it will get lost if not preserved, so this is…

Audrey Lodato

June 17, 2025

1980s, 1990s, Animal Welfare

animal control, Animal rights, Animal sheltering, Animal Welfare, animals, Cats, dogs, history, in the name of Mercy, No kill, pets, Progress, veganism
“That of God in Every Man.”

Humane Movement founder Caroline Earle White was influenced in her approach to animal advocacy by both religion and her family’s abolitionist background.

Audrey Lodato

May 12, 2025

Animal Welfare

19th century animal welfare, Abolitionist Influence, American Anti-Vivisection Society, Animal Advocacy, animal control, Animal Cruelty Prevention, Animal Rights History, Animal Welfare, animals, Caroline Earle White, Cats, Compassionate animal care, dogs, Early animal welfare movement, history, History of Animal Welfare, hydrophobia, Journal of Zoophily, leaders, legacy, level setting, Origins of Animal Welfare Movement in America, Pennsylvania SPCA, powerful women, Quaker religion, Quakers, Rabies, Raising the bar, Shelter Reform, the future, The Importance of Level Setting in Animal Welfare, The Role of Religion in Animal Welfare History, Vivisection
The Journal of Zoophily

The Journal of Zoophily was the periodical of the American Anti-Vivisection society. It gives a fascinating glimpse into the movement.

Audrey Lodato

April 28, 2025

Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare, animals, Anti-vivisection, blog, Cats, dogs, gilded-age, history, hydrophobia, newspapers, Periodicals, pets, Philadelphia, Zoophily

Ed Duvin’s “Unfinished Business”

“That of God in Every Man.”

The Journal of Zoophily