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9 <br /> Advancements in Animal Welfare <br /> • During the 1960s and 1970s, animal welfare is advancing rapidly. <br /> • The US Animal Welfare Act passed in 1966, which provides <br /> protections for animals used in research, teaching, testing, exhibition, <br /> transport, and by dealers. <br /> • National groups like the American Society for the Prevention of *- <br /> Cruelty to Animals and the Humane Society of the United States (now <br /> Humane World) are both lobbying and campaigning, creating policy <br /> changes. <br /> Y�41 <br /> • North Carolina enacted the Animal Welfare Act in 1977 to ensure <br /> that animals, meaning here dogs and cats, are provided humane care <br /> and treatment by regulating the transportation, sale, purchase, <br /> housing, care, handling, and treatment of animals by persons or <br /> organizations engaged in transporting, buying, or selling them. This <br /> Act was intended to protect animals confined in pet shops, kennels, <br /> public and private animal shelters, and auction markets. <br /> R <br />