George Thorndike Angell was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and advocate for the humane treatment of animals. He was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1846, studied law at the Harvard Law School, and in 1851 was admitted to the bar in Boston, where he practiced for many years. While attending horse races in 1866 he witnessed two horses being run to death.

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  • George Thorndike Angell was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and advocate for the humane treatment of animals. He was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1846, studied law at the Harvard Law School, and in 1851 was admitted to the bar in Boston, where he practiced for many years. While attending horse races in 1866 he witnessed two horses being run to death. Motivated by this incident and inspired by the work of Henry Bergh in New York, his advocacy for the humane treatment of animals became a lifelong passion. In 1868 he founded and became president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in the same year establishing and becoming editor of Our Dumb Animals, a journal for the promotion of organized effort in securing the humane treatment of animals. For many years he was active in the organization of humane societies in England and America. In 1882 he initiated the movement for the establishment of Bands of Mercy (for the promotion of humane treatment of animals), of which in 1908 there were more than 72,000 in active existence. In 1889 he founded and became president of the American Humane Education Society. He became well known as a criminologist and also as an advocate of laws for the safeguarding of the public health and against adulteration of food. After suffering from failing health for a long time, he died at his apartments at the Hotel Westminster in Boston at the age of 86.
  • George Thorndike Angell fue un abogado estadounidense y filántropo que abogaba por un trato humano de los animales. Nació en Southbridge (Massachusetts), se graduó en Dartmouth College en 1846, estudió derecho en Harvard Law School, y en 1851 fue admitido en Boston, donde ejerció durante varios años. En 1868 fundó y se convirtió en presidente de la Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, el mismo año creó y se volvió editor de Our Dumb Animals, un periódico para la promoción del esfuerzo organizado en asegurar un trato humano para los animales. Durante varios años estuvo activo en la organización de sociedades humanas en Inglaterra y América. En 1882 inició un el movimiento para el establimiento de Bands of Mercy (para la promoción de un trato humano para con los animales), en el cual en 1908 eran más de 72.000 activos. En 1889 fundó y se convirtió en presidente de la American Humane Education Society. Ha sido bien conocido como criminólogo y como abogado de leyes por la salvaguarda de la salud pública y contra la adulteración de comida. Murió en Boston.
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  • George Thorndike Angell was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and advocate for the humane treatment of animals. He was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1846, studied law at the Harvard Law School, and in 1851 was admitted to the bar in Boston, where he practiced for many years. While attending horse races in 1866 he witnessed two horses being run to death.
  • George Thorndike Angell fue un abogado estadounidense y filántropo que abogaba por un trato humano de los animales. Nació en Southbridge (Massachusetts), se graduó en Dartmouth College en 1846, estudió derecho en Harvard Law School, y en 1851 fue admitido en Boston, donde ejerció durante varios años.
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  • George Thorndike Angell
  • George Thorndike Angell
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