A Few Notes on Cruelty to Animals
First edition title page | |
| Author | Ralph Fletcher |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Animal welfare, Christian ethics |
| Publisher | Longman and Co. |
Publication date | 1846 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 105 |
| OCLC | 970699961 |
| Text | A Few Notes on Cruelty to Animals at Wikimedia Commons |
A Few Notes on Cruelty to Animals; on the Inadequacy of Penal Law; on General Hospitals for Animals is an 1846 book by English surgeon and animal welfare advocate Ralph Fletcher. Published in London by Longman, the book critiques the mistreatment of animals in Victorian Britain and argues for stronger legal protections and institutional reforms. Drawing on contemporary examples and personal observations, Fletcher combines case studies with moral, philosophical, and Christian ethical reflections, and proposes the establishment of general hospitals for animals. The work is considered an early contribution to the development of the modern animal welfare movement.