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Monica Murphy

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How P.T. Barnum Brought Beluga Whales to New York City

On museum ethics and animal welfare in 19th century America.

by Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik via Literary Hub on April 25, 2024

Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals

Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik

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“Scene Representing the Suffering of Animals in a Railroad Stable” in the 1873 annual report of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

How the Civil War Spurred The Animal Welfare Movement

The story of American abolitionists who, after Emancipation, pivoted from antislavery campaigns to animal welfare advocacy.

by Barbara Spindel via The Christian Science Monitor on June 11, 2024

Chickens.

Our Pets, Our Plates

In defense of the furred and the hoofed.

by Anne Matthews via The American Scholar on March 10, 2024

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