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The Connection Between Animal Cruelty Laws and Other Reforms
In Great Britain, religious reformers were able to push for the first animal protection law in 1822. Another push for animal rights reform came during a huge fashion trend towards feathers. And there are really important connections between animal cruelty laws and the many, many other 19th century reforms,. especially vegetarianism, and perhaps surprisingly, abolitionism.
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