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The Anti-Cruelty Society is an animal welfare organization and animal shelter in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The Anti-Cruelty Society (SPCA of Illinois) is a private, not-for-profit humane society that does not receive government assistance. It is one of the largest such organizations in the United States.
Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries, where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
On April 19, 1866, the first anti-cruelty law was passed in NY since the founding of ASPCA, and the organization was granted the right to enforce anti-cruelty laws. In 1867, ASPCA operated its first ambulance for injured horses and began advocating for more humane treatment of animals such as horses, live pigeons, cats, and dogs.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said they welcomed 34 dogs from eastern Tennessee and 15 cats from Florida with 75 more animals expected to come sometime later ...
The Society aimed to prevent cruelty to both children and animals, having legal jurisdiction throughout Illinois. In the 1870s, the Society investigated animal cruelty at the Union Stock Yards which resulted in arrests of individuals who did not feed or water livestock. [2] It added children to its mission in 1877, changing its name to the ...
Safe Humane Chicago is a nonprofit animal advocacy organization founded in 2008 by animal rights advocate Cynthia Bathurst.The nonprofit works to educate youth on animal safety and seeks justice for dogs that have been confiscated by law enforcement by placing them in foster care to later be adopted into new homes.