The carniolan society for the protection of animals 1902-1915

Abstract

Throughout history, humans have been closely connected to animals. Already in the most distant past, animals were the subject of our material needs for food and clothing. From the time when people tamed animals onwards, they have also used them for work, transport, curative purposes and entertainment. Together with the development of the human race and culture, the general relationship towards animals has also changed. The first calls for better living conditions for animals appeared in England, where agitation for a more humane treatment of animals was also the strongest. The concept of the need to protect animals reached Slovenia a bit later. In July 1845, the Gorica Society against the Torture of Animals began to operate. It was the first society of its kind in the Austrian Monarchy. The ideas of the Society also found support in the Carniolan Farmers' Association. A general rise in moral standards, including the principle of the humane treatment of animals, can be seen in the books on morals and good manners published at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. Such endeavours were further strengthened by the Carniolan Society for the Protection of Animals, established in 1902, which, as the name itself reveals, fought not only against the torture of animals, but also for their protection.