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"Animal Liberation" by Peter Singer was published. I do not know the exact date this book was published. I do not know the exact date of this event.
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The Animal Legal Defense Fund was established. I do not know the exact date of this event.
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National Anti-Vivisection Society establishes World Lab Animal Day, on April 24. The day has evolved into World Laboratory Animal Week.
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is founded. I do not know the exact date of this event.
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“Animal Factories” by attorney Jim Mason and philosopher Peter Singer is published. I do not know the exact date of this event.
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Farm Animal Reform Movement is officially founded. I do not know
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“The Case for Animal Rights,” by philosopher Tom Regan is published. I do not know the exact date of this event.
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Farm Animal Reform Movement establishes World Farm Animals Day on October 2.
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The first annual Great American Meatout is organized by Farm Animal Reform Movement.
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Fur Free Friday, an annual nation-wide fur protest on the day after Thanksgiving begins. I do not know the exact date of htis event
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Farm Sanctuary is founded. I do not know the exactdate of this event.
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California high school student Jennifer Graham makes national headlines when she refuses to dissect a frog. I do not know the exact date of this event.
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"Diet for a New America" by John Robbins is published. I do not know the exact date that this book was published.
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1989 Avon stops testing their products on animals. I do not know the exact date of this event.
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In Defense of Animals launches their campaign against Proctor & Gamble’s animal testing. I do not know the exact date of this event.
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Revlon stops testing their products on animals.
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Animal Enterprise Protection Act is passed.
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General Motors stops using live animals in crash tests.
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The Great Ape Project is founded.
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Tyke the elephant goes on a rampage, killing her trainer and escaping from the circus before being gunned down by police.
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Compassion Over Killing is founded.
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Vegetarian activist and former cattle rancher Howard Lyman appears on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, leading to a defamation lawsuit filed by Texas Cattlemen.
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PETA releases an undercover video showing animal abuse by Huntington Life Sciences.
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A jury finds in favor of Lyman and Winfrey in the defamation lawsuit filed by Texas Cattlemen.
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An investigation by The Humane Society of the US reveals that Burlington Coat Factory is selling products made from dog and cat fur.
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Compassion Over Killing conducts an open rescue at a battery hen facility, documenting abuses and rescuing 8 hens.
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"Dominion" by Matthew Scully is published.
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McDonald’s settles a class-action lawsuit over their non-vegetarian french fries.
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Clothing chain Forever 21 promises to stop selling fur.
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The US Congress pulls funding for inspections of horse meat.
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The "SHAC 7" are convicted under the Animal Enterprise Protection Act.
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Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act is passed.
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An investigation by the Humane Society of the US reveals that items labeled as “faux” fur at Burlington Coat Factory are made of real fur.
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Horse slaughter ends in the United States, but live horses continue to be exported for slaughter.
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Barbaro dies at the Preakness.
