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Death Of Henry Bergh

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Day
15
Month
March
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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Noted tha Foundnr of the Society for the l'ri-vintloii r C'rii"Hy to Animal. Ktw York, Maren ia- Henry Bergh, founder and president of the Society for the Prevention ot' Cruelty to Animáis, died at h.B home in th1s city yesterday morninjr, aged 65 years. In 1800 Mr. Bergh organized ihe b oiety witii which his name haa Finco boen identihed, and to the protection of iinrnb anímala he devoted nll his time and a great part of a very considerable fortune, :nl he luid tbe sutisfaction of seeing thetjooiety grow to be a most important inst laiion, with br.inches in almost every 8 ate in the Union. He aleo estiblished drinking-fountains at convenient distancea apart, not only for horses but for do-ífl, ;ind the society not only erec 8 the fuuntuint at its own exp nse bnt employs men to attend to the l.orses aa they are diiVen np to tlrmlc The inliuenoe of his work bus spread into every large city in the Unid d Stutes nnd humane Eocieties are everywhere ín ezistence.

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Ann Arbor Register