[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S7964]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF THE ANTI-CRUELTY SOCIETY ON THEIR 100TH ANNIVERSARY

 Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, it is with pride and pleasure that 
I take a moment today to recognize the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago 
on the occasion of their 100th anniversary. The society's centennial 
celebration is entitled ``1999--The Anti-Cruelty Society Centennial: A 
Legacy of Caring, A Vision of Hope for the 21st Century,'' and is truly 
an appropriate description of the organization's valuable impact on the 
lives and treatment of the nation's animals.
  One hundreds years ago, the society's founders, led by Illinois 
resident Mrs. Theodore Thomas, were concerned with inhumane butchery in 
slaughterhouses, the treatment of old sick workhorses, and hundreds of 
thousands of malnourished homeless dogs and cats. In their efforts to 
eliminate cruelty to animals, to educate the public on the humane 
treatment of animals, and to create a refuge for stray animals until 
they could be placed in good homes, the society achieved impressive 
accomplishments in Illinois and across the nation. In fact, the group 
gave rise to an organization so dynamic that it has impacted and 
continues to impact public policy and set the standard of humane 
treatment for animals worldwide.
  Once again, I congratulate the Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago on 
their remarkable first 100 years of service, and wish them the best of 
luck as they continue to make a positive impact upon the lives of 
animals and humans in the many years to come.

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