2-634-904 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

RSPCA inspector examining a horse, c1903 (1903). The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) was founded in 1824 at 77-78 St Martin's Lane, London. In the late 1830s the society began deploying inspectors to investigate allegations of mistreatment of animals. From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]