Beastly Victorians: the 19th-century fight for animal rights

They rescued mutilated dogs, prosecuted bull baiters and denounced the slaughter of exotic birds. As the RSPCA marks its 200th anniversary, Helen Cowie reveals how campaigners took the fight to animal abusers in the 19th century

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