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20 Ways to Think about Martin’s Act at 200: 1. Why 1822?
Why did Alex Lockwood and the Culture & Animals Foundation start an investigation of the history of animal advocacy with a single piece of legislation from a single political body?
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Alex Lockwood Writes about Martin’s Act at 200 for Plant-Based News
Alex Lockwood, creative director the Martin’s Act at 200 audio documentary, writes in Plant-Based News about his experience of rolling back two centuries to cover the first piece of animal welfare legislation from a modern political body.
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Kim Stallwood and Martin Rowe’s Op-Ed on Martin’s Act in Sentient Media
Kim Stallwood, independent scholar and board member of the Culture & Animals Foundation (CAF), and Martin Rowe, executive director of CAF, reflect on Sentient Media, on the complicated legacy of Martin’s Act
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Chris Sherwood of the RSPCA Examines the Legacy of Martin’s Act
Chris Sherwood, chief executive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which Richard “Humanity Dick” Martin helped to found in 1824, examines on PoliticsHome, the inhouse magazine of Britain’s House of Commons, the legacy of Martin’s Act and how it continues to inspire him to this day.
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Historian Hilda Kean Writes on Martin’s Act
Hilda Kean, the historian and educator on animals, who is featured in Episode 1 of the Martin’s Act at 200 audio documentary, reflects on whether anyone remembers the Act two centuries on. You can listen to her interview for the audio documentary here.
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