This morning, I've been looking at the history of the first anti-cruelty law enacted anywhere: the Ill-Treatment of Cattle Act (1822) , aka Martin's Act. Richard Martin, MP for Galway, first presented a petition to Parliament against animal cruelty from the inhabitants of Camberwell. The Times reported Martin describing an exhibition fight between a monkey & a dog.
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Associate Professor of Political Theory, working on animal rights and the ethics of political disobedience. Liberal. Cosmopolitan. Tweeting in a personal capacity.
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