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On April 10, 1866, philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh founds the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Bergh first became concerned for animals while serving as a diplomat in Russia where he saw peasants beating horses. On his way back from Russia, he stopped in England and visited the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in London in 1865 and was determined to create something similar in the U.S. Today, the group boasts well over one million members. |
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