{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"Cruelty To Animals - Exposed - 1860s - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QjpFRgYAPz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/cruelty-to-animals\/\">Cruelty To Animals &#8211; Exposed &#8211; 1860s<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/cruelty-to-animals\/embed\/#?secret=QjpFRgYAPz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cruelty To Animals &#8211; Exposed &#8211; 1860s&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"QjpFRgYAPz\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cruelty-to-Animals-Dog-Fight_mini.jpg","thumbnail_width":580,"thumbnail_height":207,"description":"Examples of multi-faceted UK &amp; US collaboration. From a time when animal abuse was just starting to receive mass-media coverage. Cruelty to Animals &#8211; &#8220;Which Are the Brutes?&#8221; by Alfred Rudolph Waud An illustration\u00a0exposing cruelty to animals,\u00a0published in &#8211; Harper&#8217;s Weekly, A Journal of Civilization, February 23, 1867. An item in our Ernest Bell Library &#8211; Striking artwork &#8211; produced almost 150 years ago. It would have been seen by many &#8216;educated&#8217; people. It exposed &#8211; the abuse of animals for gaming \/ gambling purposes. the abuse of animals working in transportation. the abuse of animals in food production. the abuse of stray animals. The images &#8211; From top left clockwise &#8211; Gamblers at a Cock Fight &#8211; Abusing Cart Horses at a Milk Depot &#8211; Gamblers at a Dog Fight &#8211; Abusing Stray Dogs &#8211; Torturing Cats &#8211; Taking Downer \/ Diseased\u00a0Cows to Slaughter, the cart driver whipping the horse &#8211; Central image &#8211; Horse Drawn Tram, the horse being whipped. Reproduced at higher resolution below. \u00a0&#8230;&#8230; The Artist Alfred Rudolph Waud (October 2, 1828 \u2013 April 6, 1891) was originally from London, UK. He had emigrated to the US &#8211; Wiki. \u00a0&#8230;&#8230; The Period A few months before [&hellip;]"}