Henry Bergh
(1813-1888)
Founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA and
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC)
"The insect in the plant, the moth which spends its brief hours of existence hovering about the candle’s flame - nay, the life which inhabits a drop of water, is as much an object of God’s special providence as the mightiest monarch on his throne."