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Laws Against Cruelty to Animals

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[BCE-c485] Ancient Laws for Protection of Animals
[c485-1450] Medieval Prohibitions Against Cruelty to Animals
[1450-1660] Early Legislation Against Cruelty to Animals
[1660-1785] Early Pleas for Laws Against Cruelty to Animals
[1785-1837] Modern Legislative Beginnings-Animal Protection Law
[1837-1901] Animal Protection Anti-Vivisection Legislation-Law
[1901-1945] Continuing Animal Protection Law of the 20th Century


Animal Rights History-Timeline

Animal Rights Law: Renaissance

Laws Against Cruelty to Animals

Early Prohibitions Against Cruelty to Animals [1450-1660]


[1450-1660] Renaissance Law

Early Prohibitions Against Bear-Baiting, Bull-Baiting, Cock-Fighting, Fishing, Fowling, Hawking, Horse-Racing, Hunting
Act: 1488 Slaughter of Beasts
Act: 1545 Burning of Frames
Act: 1625 Sunday Observance
Act: 1627 Sunday Observance
Cruelty to Animals: Early Laws
1635 Ireland Parliament, Act against Cruelty to Horses-Sheep
1641 Massachusetts Colony Body of Liberties
1642-1660 Interregnum Ordinances and Acts
Ord:1648 Church Government
Ord.1654 Cock-Matches
Ord: 1654 Horse-Races
Act: 1657 Gaming
Act: 1657 Sunday Observance



The Bookworm, Carl Spitzweb
The Bookworm, Carl Spitzweg

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