Kathryn Shevelow
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The engaging story of how an unlikely group of extraordinary people laid the foundation for the legal protection of animals.
In eighteenth-century England-where cockfighting and bullbaiting drew large crowds, and the abuse of animals was routine-the idea of animal protection was dismissed as laughably radical. But, as pets became more common, human attitudes toward animals evolved steadily. An unconventional duchess defended their intellect in her...