2007.03.20 - RSPCA

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2007.március 20.

World first
`Humanity Dick´ as he was known, was one of the 22 founders of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals which was launched in London in 1824. The SPCA became the first national animal protection society in the world.

No compassion
At that time, compassion for animals was regarded as bizarre. Animals were regarded as little more than commodities supplying food, transport or sport.

Changing attitudes
In its early years the Society´s major campaign was to win over the hearts and minds of the general public, and to change people´s indifference to animal cruelty.

Cruelty exposed
The 181 convictions for cruelty that the Society achieved during 1832 - the first year such figures were recorded in its annual report - made a telling impact on public opinion about the treatment of animals.

Royal approval
By 1840 the Society´s work was held in such high regard that Queen Victoria gave her permission for the SPCA to be called the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Law enforcement
Its practical welfare work developed quickly. The single inspector appointed in London to check on markets and slaughterhouses, was joined by others. Together they formed a law enforcement body that pre-dated the police force.

National network
News of the work of the Society spread outside London. By 1842, campaigners in Bath, Brighton, Bristol, Coventry and Scarborough had all requested the appointment of an inspector of their own.

Sufficient funds
With the increasing number of donations and bequests the Society was attracting, there were funds to expand beyond the capital.

Branches established
Regional inspectors were appointed, with local campaigners promising to raise Ł20 a year towards `their´ inspector´s wages. This development created the nucleus of a national network of 187 branches in England and Wales that exists today.  

SZÓSZEDET

annual report                                         éves jelentés
anti-cruelty                                            kegyetlenség elleni
appointed                                              kijelölt
attracting                                              vonzó
bequest                                                hagyaték
bill                                                        törvényjavaslat
bizarre                                                  bizarr
campaign                                              kampány
capital                                                   tőke
cattle                                                    szarvasmarha
commodity                                            árucikk
compassion                                          könyörület, szánalom
conviction                                             meggyőződés, hit
degree of protection                               védelmi szint
donation                                               adomány, adakozás
enforcement                                          végrehajtás
founder                                                 alapító
fund                                                      forrás, tőke
indifference to something                        közömbösség valami iránt
inspector                                               felügyelő, ellenőr
law enforcement body                             törvény végrehajtó testület
MP                                                       Member of Parliament =országgyűlési képviselő
network                                                 hálózat
nucleus of something                             atommag = valaminek a középpontja
prevention                                             megelőzés
public opinion                                        közvélemény
royal                                                     királyi
slaughterhouse                                      mészárszék, vágóhíd
society                                                  társaság, társadalom
to achieve sth                                        elérni valamit
to be held in high regard                         magas megbecsülésben van
to be regarded as something                   valamit valaminek tartani
to expand                                              kiterjed
to launch a bill                                       törvényjavaslatot kezdeményez                        
to make an impact on something            hatással/kihatással/befolyással lenni valamire
to pilot                                                  irányít, kalauzol, kormányoz                             
to promise                                            megígér
to raise                                                 megemel
to record something                               rögzíteni valamit (adat, hang stb)
to spread                                              terjed, elterjed
to supply                                              ellát
to win over                                            megnyer magának, maga oldalára állít
wage                                                    bér (általában heti)