Chronology of Historical Events in Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Below is a brief chronology of some historical events in the United States, unless otherwise indicated, related to the use of animals and to animal rights and animal welfare “UK” stands for the United Kingdom Globally, there is a lot of ongoing legislation concerning animal protection Details about the federal Animal Welfare Act can be found at http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/ legislat/usdaleg1.htm A general search on Google for “history animal protection” will lead to numerous web sites on legislation in specific countries and for specific species The Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Newsletter updates information in its “Congress in Action” section (see also http://awic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index php?info_center=3&tax_level=1) For more information, see the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998) and also Michigan State University College of Law: Animal Legal & Historical Web Center (www.animallaw info); Animal Law Review (http://www.lclark.edu/org/animalaw/); National Center for Animal Law (http://www.lclark.edu/org/ncal/); Society for Animal Protective Legislation (http://www.saplonline.org/); A Chronology of Key Events in the Scientific Use of Chimpanzees in the United States (http://www.releasechimps.org/pdfs/chronologyof-key-events.pdf ); the National Association for Biomedical Research: Animal Law Section (http://www.nabr.org/AnimalLaw/contactUs.htm); http://worldanimal.net/ const-leaflet.htm for a global summary of animal protection legislation; the website for the Animal Welfare Institute (http://www.awionline.org/legislation/index.htm; http:// capwiz.com/compassionindex/issues/bills; http://www.awionline.org/links.html); and the website for the Animal Welfare Information Center (http://awic.nal.usda.gov/nal_ display/index.php?info_center=3&tax_level=1) A summary of regulations on the use of animals in research in European countries can be found at http://arbs.biblioteca.unesp.br/viewissue.php in the essay by Annamaria Passantino titled “Application of the 3Rs Principles for Animals Used for Experiments at the Beginning of the 21st Century.” A summary of species used in research can be found at http://www.hsus.org/ animals_in_research/species_used_in_research/ and A Timeline of Progress for Farm Animals can be found at http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename= pa_farm_animals_timeline 1822 Ill-Treatment of Cattle Act 1822 Martin’s Anticruelty Act (UK) 635