1800s
Early 1800S
Humane Societies responded to the exploitation of children and animals; the vulnerable and the defenceless.
1830s and 1840s
The RSPCA Act was introduced and carried out. This would change the general consensus that animals are things, tools, property.
1873
The Ontario Humane Society was incorporated as the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA).