Bergh was born in New York City and studied at Columbia College, after which he worked in his fathers' shipyard. After the shipyard was sold, Bergh received a share of the inheritance and set forth on a lengthy journey throughout Western Europe with his young bride, Catherine Matilda Taylor.
In 1862, Bergh was appointed secretary and acting vice-consul to the American legation in St. Petersburg, Russia by then President Abraham Lincoln. The severity of the climate obliged him to resign in 1864, and he traveled extensively in Europe and the Orient.
On returning to the United States, Bergh resolved to work on behalf of animal welfare. Cruelties witnessed in Europe first suggested his mission. Alone, in the face of indifference, opposition, and ridicule, he began working as a speaker and lecturer, but most of all in the street and the courtroom, and before the legislature. His cause gained friends and rapidly increased in influence. The legislature passed the laws prepared by him, and on 10 April 1866 the ASPCA was legally organized, with Bergh as president.
Henry Bergh is a statue by American artist James H. Mahoney located at the Wisconsin Humane Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The bronze statue portrays Henry Bergh, the father of the humane movement in the United States, holding a cane in his proper right hand and petting a dog with a bandaged paw with his proper left hand. It was created in 1891 and stands 9 feet high.
Description of the sculpture
Mahoney's statue is a full-length bronze of Henry Bergh. He wears a frock coat, vest, pants and boots, while holding a cane and petting a wounded dog. The statue's granite base has the raised inscription HENRY BERGH. The right front of the base reads American Bronze Co. Chicago Illinois. There is also a circular plaque on the base that reads The Wisconsin Humane Society, as well as a United States seal with a ribbon and star that included a founder's mark. The circular plaque was added to the base in 1941 in honor of its 50th dedication anniversary.
Birth of the Animal Rights Movement: The Life & Times of Henry Bergh
Guest: Ernest Freeberg, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee and author of “A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement.
published: 16 Mar 2021
ASPCA 2016 Henry Bergh Award
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published: 21 Nov 2016
How did Henry Bergh get involved in children's protection?
Gary Kaskel, author of "MONSTERS AND MIRACLES - Henry Bergh's America," explains how the founder of the first animal protection society, got involved in children's protection.
published: 27 Mar 2014
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Guest: Ernest Freeberg, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee and author of “A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth ...
Guest: Ernest Freeberg, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee and author of “A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement.
Guest: Ernest Freeberg, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee and author of “A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement.
http://www.aspca.org - We believe that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment at the hands of humans, and should have protection under the law....
http://www.aspca.org - We believe that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment at the hands of humans, and should have protection under the law. Learn more about our history, mission, and what we do to help animals nationwide.
http://www.aspca.org - We believe that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment at the hands of humans, and should have protection under the law. Learn more about our history, mission, and what we do to help animals nationwide.
Gary Kaskel, author of "MONSTERS AND MIRACLES - Henry Bergh's America," explains how the founder of the first animal protection society, got involved in childre...
Gary Kaskel, author of "MONSTERS AND MIRACLES - Henry Bergh's America," explains how the founder of the first animal protection society, got involved in children's protection.
Gary Kaskel, author of "MONSTERS AND MIRACLES - Henry Bergh's America," explains how the founder of the first animal protection society, got involved in children's protection.
Let's learn about animal rights activist and founder of the ASPCA, Henry Bergh!
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Let's learn about animal rights activist and founder of the ASPCA, Henry Bergh!
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Guest: Ernest Freeberg, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee and author of “A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement.
http://www.aspca.org - We believe that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment at the hands of humans, and should have protection under the law. Learn more about our history, mission, and what we do to help animals nationwide.
Gary Kaskel, author of "MONSTERS AND MIRACLES - Henry Bergh's America," explains how the founder of the first animal protection society, got involved in children's protection.
Let's learn about animal rights activist and founder of the ASPCA, Henry Bergh!
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Bergh was born in New York City and studied at Columbia College, after which he worked in his fathers' shipyard. After the shipyard was sold, Bergh received a share of the inheritance and set forth on a lengthy journey throughout Western Europe with his young bride, Catherine Matilda Taylor.
In 1862, Bergh was appointed secretary and acting vice-consul to the American legation in St. Petersburg, Russia by then President Abraham Lincoln. The severity of the climate obliged him to resign in 1864, and he traveled extensively in Europe and the Orient.
On returning to the United States, Bergh resolved to work on behalf of animal welfare. Cruelties witnessed in Europe first suggested his mission. Alone, in the face of indifference, opposition, and ridicule, he began working as a speaker and lecturer, but most of all in the street and the courtroom, and before the legislature. His cause gained friends and rapidly increased in influence. The legislature passed the laws prepared by him, and on 10 April 1866 the ASPCA was legally organized, with Bergh as president.
Macy Even scored 16 points and Logan Smidt 13 for Brookings' girls ...The boys host No ... 62 (ScoutWoods 23) ... Deuel 53 (TroyJenson 17 plus 7 steals, Gabe Sather 10 plus 9 rebounds and 6 steals), Florence-Henry 44 (Carson Vavruska 25, Ty Bergh 10) ...
It's hard to be a good basketball team without good players ... Hamlin won its first state championship in 41 years last winter by knocking off No ... Both players were named to the All-ECC first team.Carson Vavruska & Ty Bergh, Florence-Henry.
RobertaJ.M ... Featured in the “Proto-Pets ... (BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM.) ... An illustration of the organization’s founder, HenryBergh, stopping an exhausted horse from pulling an overcrowded trolley car, is featured here along with other ASPCA memorabilia.
Logan Vavruska of Florence-Henry, who tied for sixth, was one of 14 area golfers who medaled for top-25 performances ... (Tie) Logan Vavruska, Florence-Henry, 156 (83-73) and Derek Brueggeman, Miller, 156 (75-81)l; 8 ... Ty Bergh, Florence-Henry 172 (81-91).
Roehrich (girls) and Logan Vavruska of Florence-Henry (73) were meddalists in the ECC... (WebsterArea, Florence-Henry, Deuel, ... Logan Vavruska, Florence-Henry,73; 3 ... Ty Bergh, Florence-Henry, 78; 9.
... like “Food, Inc.” galvanized viewers to reconsider their relationship to animal products, there was HenryBergh, shouting about animal rights on street corners to anyone who would listen.
One is HenryBergh, the dyspeptic heir to a shipbuilding fortune who embraced animal welfare after watching a bullfighting exhibition in Spain. Bergh’s approach was a punitive one ... Bergh’s prosecution ...
Second-team selections are seniors Ty Fagerland of Britton-Hecla, James Schroeder of Florence-Henry, Myles York of Great Plains Lutheran and Isaiah Rydell of Tri-State; and juniors Ty Bergh of Florence-Henry and Traveion Neilan of Waubay-Summit.
