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...that “animals possess a soul” and are “as near to God as men are.” Nor is this sentiment new: Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) was the patron of the French Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and Pope John XXIII (1958-63) declared that “man must never hurt animals, must never ill-treat them, nor torture them physically.” In Saint Thomas Moore’s Utopia, the slaughtering of animals is left to slaves for fear that when citizens...
...modern animal protection movement began with Christian reformers in 19th century England. After attacking the abuses of slavery and child labor, reformers like William Wilberforce, Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, and Anglican Priest Arthur Broome turned their efforts to man’s sins against animals, co-founding the SPCA in 1824. In part, they were responding to the concerns of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, who had found “a plausible objection against the justice of God, in suffering numberless creatures that had never sinned to be so severely punished...
...creation care” a growing environmental movement in American congregations, animal protection will hopefully gain religious notice. In the meantime, Catholic priests can look to the words of Pope Benedict XV, the current Pontiff’s namesake, who in 1915 enjoined priests to support the Italian SPCA, “that they may offer to the animals refuge from every suspicion of roughness, cruelty, or barbarism, and lead men to understand from the beauty of creation something of the infinite perfection of their Creator.” Lewis E. Bollard ’09 is a social studies...
...convened organizations that entered homes, often illegally, to search for animals, leaving buildings with gaping doors and broken windows, and vulnerable to people with less honorable motives. "Most people came here with good intentions," Rigney says. "But they didn't want to take direction from the city or the SPCA." This year's plan requires all rescue groups to register in advance with the animal protection agency. "You won't be seeing any fringe groups," Rigney promises...
...demands for justice. The pets of rich, poor, Chinese and Westerners have all been victims, and in a city not known for community activism, public outrage toward the faceless killer has been vented in letters to newspaper editors, community meetings and Internet chat rooms. Dog owners, represented by the SPCA, are the most disgruntled about the lack of police progress. Executive director Chris Hanselman wants to form a group to patrol the area. "I hate to use the term vigilante," he says. "We want to catch him and put him away...