Barking at the Knot

Barking at the Knot

Understanding the hidden history of animal services

  • About
  • Blog
  • Clippings
  • Gallery
  • Guest posts
  • Book list
  • Merch

  • The Carlson Dog and Cat Procurement Law in California, 1952-1953

    In 1952, the Dog Defenders League waged an advertising campaign against laws allowing pets to be taken from shelters for the purpose of vivisection.

    Audrey Lodato

    December 5, 2025
    1950s, Animal Welfare
    1950s, Advertising, animal control, Animal History, animal shelter history, animal shelters, Animal Welfare, animals, Carlson law, Cats, Dissection, dog, dogs, history, hydrophobia, Laboratory animals, National Dog Week, pets, Pound Procurement laws, Rabies, Vivisection
  • Elsie Booth: No Dog Secured For Bone Grafting

    In 1897, a small child permanently disfigured by a fall set off a debate about vivisection in the New York Tribune when doctors wanted to use dog bones from a shelter dog to repair her legs.

    Audrey Lodato

    October 15, 2025
    1890s, Animal Welfare
    American Anti-Vivisection Society, American Humane Association, animal control, Animal rights, animal shelters, Animal Welfare, animal welfare history, animals, Anti-vivisection, ASPCA, Caroline Earle White, Cats, dogs, experimentation, history, hydrophobia, mary Frances Lovell, New York Tribune, PSPCA, Rabies, shelter animals, Shelter pets, the humane movement, Vivisection, WBPSPCA
  • Animals Make The Papers – Odd Stories from 1896

    Strange and unusual stories from the papers of 1896

    Audrey Lodato

    October 10, 2025
    1890s, Animal Welfare
    animal control, ASPCA, Bears, Biting, bonus content, Cats, dogs, history, hydrophobia, Justice, newspapers, pets, Rabies, Strange content, Vivisection
  • “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

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Barking at the Knot
    • Join 35 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Barking at the Knot
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar