Child protection cases in the United States were first brought pursuant to animal abuse laws. Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (“ASPCA”) in 1866.
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In 1874, Bergh and Elbridge Gery, an attorney for the ASPCA, successfully petitioned to have eight-year-old Mary Ellen Wilson removed from her abusive home. [FN3] Several months later, first meeting of Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children was held at ASPCA.
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This says a lot about our human society. Children are seen as less than animals, possessions of their owners and it hasn't changed. Just look at the churches/religions people worship -riddled with pedophilia.http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2018/08/catholic-priests-ran-child-porn-ring-out-of-pittsburgh-diocese/ …
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