1951 Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) founded
1954 Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) founded
1955 Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL)
founded
1955 Our Animal WARDS founded
1957 Friends of Animals (FOA) founded
1958 Humane Slaughter Act
1959 Catholic Society for Animal Welfare (now
International Society for Animal Rights) founded
1959 Wild Horses Act
1959 Russell and Birch publish book on the three R's -
replacement, reduction, refinement
1960 American Vegan Society (AVS) founded
1962 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
1966 Laboratory Animal Welfare Act
1967 Fund for Animals (FFA) founded
1967 United Action for Animals (UAA) founded
1968 Animal Protection Institute (API) founded
1969 International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
founded
1969 Argus Archive founded [confirm]
1970 Animal Welfare Act amendments
1971 Greenpeace founded
1971 Wild Free-roaming Horse and Burro Act
1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act
1973 International Primate Protection League (IPPL)
founded
1973 Endangered Species Act amendments
1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species (CITES)
1973 Air Force Beagles campaign
1974 North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) founded
1975 Animal Liberation published
1976 Animal Rights International (ARI) founded
1976 Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting (CASH) founded
1976 Animal Welfare Act amendments
1976 Horse Protection Act
1976 Fur Seal Act
1976 American Museum of Natural History protests
1977 "Undersea Railroad" releases porpoises in Hawaii
1978 Humane Slaughter Act amendments
1978 Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) founded
1978 Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) founded
1978 Medical Research Modernization Committee founded
1978 Indian government bans rhesus monkey exports
1979 Metcalf-Hatch Act repealed in New York state
1979 Coalition to Abolish the Draize Test launched
1979 The Animals' Agenda launched
1979 Packwood-Magnuson Amendment to the International
Fishery Conservation Act
1979 Research Modernization Act first introduced in
Congress
1979 Animal Liberation Front raid at NYU Medical Center
1980 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
founded
1980 Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PsyETA) founded
1980 Action for Life conference launched
1981 Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM) founded
1981 Trans-Species Unlimited (TSU) formed
1981 Mobilization for Animals (MfA) launched
1981 Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR)
founded
1981 Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal
Testing (CAAT) founded
1982 Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) reauthorized
1982 Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) founded
1982 Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) founded
1982 National Alliance for Animal Legislation (NAA)
founded
1982 Feminists for Animal Rights (FAR) founded
1982 Veal Ban Campaign launched
1983 In Defense of Animals (IDA) founded
1983 The Case for Animal Rights
1984 Humane Farming Association (HFA) founded
1984 Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) founded
1984 Animal Liberation Front raid at Head Injury
Clinical Research Center, University of Pennsylvania
1985 Animal Welfare Act amended
1985 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
formed
1985 Last Chance for Animals (LCA) formed
1985 ProPets Coalition launched
1985 Hegins pigeon shoot campaign launched
1985 Campaign for a Fur Free America and Fur Free Friday
launched
1985 Great American MeatOut launched
1986 Farm Sanctuary formed
1986 Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) founded
1986 Cambridge Committee for Responsible Research (CCRR)
initiative
1987 The Animals' Voice launched
1987 Diet for a New America
1988 Doris Day Animal League (DDAL) launched
19-- Culture and Animals Foundation (CAF) formed
1989 Veal Calf Protection Bill hearings, United States
Congress
1990 March for the Animals
1990 Animal Welfare Act amended
1990 California referendum bans lion hunting
1991 Stockyard "downer" campaign launched
1992 Student Right Not to Dissect approved in
Pennsylvania
1992 Wild Bird Conservation Act
1992 International Dolphin Conservation Act
1992 Driftnet Fishery Conservation Act
1992 Colorado referendum bans spring, bait and hound
bear hunting
1993 First World Congress on Alternatives and Animals in
the Life Sciences
1994 Oregon referendum bans bear baiting, bear and
cougar hounding
1996 Colorado referendum bans body-gripping traps
1996 Massachusetts referendum bans bear baiting, hound
hunting, and reforms Fisheries and Wildlife Commission
1996 Washington referendum bans bear baiting, hound
hunting bears, cougars, and bobcats
1998 Arizona referendum bans cockfighting
1998 Missouri referendum bans cockfighting
1998 California referendum bans body-gripping traps
1999 Harvard University launches animal rights law
course
2000 Hegins pigeon shoot terminated
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