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  2. Timeline of animal welfare and rights in the United States

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    Native Americans in the present-day United States use domesticated dogs and turkeys. [1] [2] [3] 1493-1800: European settlers introduce a number of domesticated species to the Americas. [4] Settlers adopt the first known animal welfare laws in North America. [5] 1800-1914

  3. History of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Parks, Joseph H. Joseph E. Brown of Georgia. LSU Press, 1977. Parks, Joseph H. "State Rights in a Crisis: Governor Joseph E. Brown versus President Jefferson Davis." Journal of Southern History 32 (1966): 3–24. in JSTOR; Phillips, Ulrich B. Georgia and State Rights: A Study of the Political History of Georgia from the Revolution to the Civil ...

  4. Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971

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    After World War II, captured horses were often slaughtered to meet the demands of the pet food market. [20] By the 1950s, the free-roaming horse population was down to an estimated 25,000 animals. [20] Horses were being chased to exhaustion by airplanes, poisoned at water holes, and removed with other inhumane practices. [21]

  5. Horses in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 October 2024. Horses running at a ranch in Texas Horses have been an important component of American life and culture since before the founding of the nation. In 2023, there were an estimated 6.65 million horses in the United States, with 1.5 million horse owners, 25 million citizens that participate ...

  6. Timeline of animal welfare and rights - Wikipedia

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    This has been described as a ban on battery cages, but battery cages giving 116 square inches per hen were allowed under the law. [65] [66] 2009 In 2009, Bolivia became the first country to ban all animal use in circuses. [67] 2009

  7. Scientists have traced the origin of the modern horse to a ...

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    Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that’s when humans started to spread domesticated horses around the world, according to ...

  8. List of U.S. state horses - Wikipedia

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    The first state horse was designated in Vermont in 1961. The most recent state horse designations occurred in 2024 when Mississippi designated the American Quarter Horse as its state horse and in 2022 when Oklahoma declared the American Quarter Horse as its state horse. There have been proposals to designate a state horse in Oregon as well as ...

  9. List of Bureau of Land Management Herd Management Areas

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    Horses on the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range in Montana. The BLM distinguishes between "herd areas" (HA) where feral horse and burro herds existed at the time of the passage of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, and "Herd Management Areas" (HMA) where the land is currently managed for the benefit of horses and burros, though "as a component" of public lands, part of ...