From a dramatic opening involving a dogfight through the final chapter detailing the current efforts of the ASPCA, this well-researched biography of the organization’s founder, Henry Bergh (1813–1888) ...

University of Tennessee historian Freeberg (The Age of Edison) delivers an evocative biography of Henry Bergh (1813–1888), founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Puppies in an ASPCA box in its early days, Image 2 shows An archival article ...

ASPCA FOUNDED — PHILANTHROPIST AND DIPLOMAT HENRY BERGH, 54, FOUNDED the American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (ASPCA) on April 10, 1866, in New York City. During a diplomatic ...

On this day in 1866, Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), in New York City. Before that time, Bergh seems to have been something of a dilettante, ...

The American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the first animal welfare organization of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, was created on April 10, 1866. It works with ...

It’s time to paw-ty. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is officially 160 years old — or about 22 in dog years — making it one of the oldest of the Big Apple’s ...

"A Traitor to His Species is revelatory social history, awash with colorful characters. Cheered on by thousands of men and women who joined his cause, Bergh fought with robber barons, Five Points ...