Since its foundation, the society has given more than 85,000 awards. The Royal Humane Society is a charity that grants awards for acts of bravery in the saving of human lives, and for the restoration of life by resuscitation. They included the Royal Humane Society in 1774, the Glasgow Humane Society in 1790, and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in 1824. The first humane societies were founded in the United Kingdom. The Humane Society of New Zealand was established as a registered charity in 1975. In 1933, all the societies amalgamated as a federation and this grew into the present day's Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This was replaced by New Zealand's own Protection of Animals Act in 1878, and the first SPCA was formed in Dunedin in 1882 quickly followed by other societies. New Zealand Įarly British settlers brought with them the laws of England, and the English Protection of Animals Act of 1835 was adopted by New Zealand. The other societies developed on a regional basis and now 123 societies are represented at a federal level by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies. The first SPCA in Canada was the Canadian SPCA founded in Montreal in 1869. The national organisation, RSPCA Australia, was formed in 1981 to give a national voice on policy matters and advise the federal government on animal welfare issues. The Royal Warrant was given to the WA SPCA in 1920, followed by NSW SPCA in 1923, South Australia in 1937, Queensland in 1955, Tasmania in 1956 and Victoria in 1956. This was followed by New South Wales in 1873 South Australia in 1875 Tasmania in 1878 Queensland in 1883 Western Australia in 1892 Australian Capital Territory in 1955 and Darwin in 1965. The first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), based on the British Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), was set up in Victoria in 1871. MSPCA-Angell in Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1868 and is the second-oldest humane society in the United States Australia

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