The Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL) is the first organization to lobby for humane slaughter legislation in the US.
The International Animal Protection Congress in Florence Italy, unanimously accepted and adopted World Animal Day globally.
Anna Seawell’s novel Black Beauty is the first English novel written from the perspective of a non-human, and spurs debate over the treatment of horses.
Early vegan Lewis Gompertz publishes “Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes,” one of the first books advocating for animal rights.
Greek philosopher Pythagoras is the first in a line of several Greek and Roman philosophers to teach that animals have souls and advocate for vegetarianism.
