Appendix Timeline of Relevant Contexts 1824
– Establishment of SPCA in London
1825
–
An Act to prevent the cruel treatment of Horses, Sheep or Other Cattle passed in Nova Scotia, inspired by
Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act commonly known as Martin’s Act) in 1822 in Britain
1836
– Catherine Parr Traill publishes
The Backwoods of Canada 1840
– SPCA becomes RSPCA with Queen Victoria’s royal seal of
approval
1848
–
George Romanes born
1850
– Catherine Parr Traill published a children’s animal story:
Afar in the Forest 1851
–
Henry S. Salt born
1852
–
Conwy Lloyd Morgan born
1857
– Province of Canada passed
An Act to prevent the cruel and improper treatment of Cattle and other Animals (aimed at cruelty,
damage to property, demoralization of people)
1859
–
Charles Darwin publishes
On the Origin of Species 1860
–
Ernest Thompson Seton and Charles G. D. Roberts are born
1862
– Group meets in Quebec city to establish the Humane Society of
Canada
1864
–
Act to incorporate the Humane Society of Canada 1867
– CONFEDERATION: the colonies of Canada East, Canada West,
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick united to form one Canadian
Confederation
1868
– Formation of ‘Canada First’ movement (brainchild of W. A.
Foster) to develop a Canadian national identity
1869
– Catherine Parr Traill publishes
Canadian Wild Flowers 1869
– Canada passes the
Cruelty to Animals Act 1869
– Establishment of the CSPCA in Montreal
1870
– Amendment to
Cruelty to Animals Act to ban dog- and cock
fighting.
1871
– CSPCA proposes, unsuccessfully, that the
Act be extended to
‘any living creature’
1872
– America establishes the world’s first national park: Yellowstone
1870s
– CSPCA
: development of anti-cruelty legislation
1871
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