Barking at the Knot

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Understanding the hidden history of animal services

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  • A Shelter for Animals – The First Annual Report

    Five months after the opening of the Shelter for Animals in Brooklyn, the ASPCA issued their thirtieth annual report. It contained some of the first ever intake and outcome data for shelters.

    Audrey Lodato

    October 7, 2025
    1890s, Animal Welfare
    1895, 1896, animal shelters, Animal Welfare, animal-rescue, animals, Annual Report, ASPCA, Brooklyn, Cats, dogs, history, Humane Movement, hydrophobia, Killing of pets, Manhattan, New York City, pets, Rabies, Victorian america, Victorian New York
  • “Mercy to Animals Means Mercy to Mankind.”

    Of all the founders of the animal welfare movement, none were so colorful in their public application of the first anti-cruelty laws as Henry Bergh, the founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York. Fairly, he had a right to be colorful with the law; He is the…

    Audrey Lodato

    May 20, 2025
    Animal Welfare
    Animal Welfare, animal-rights, animals, ASPCA, Carriage Horses, Henry Bergh, history, Mercy to Animals, New York City, news, travel, Victorian New York

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