Henry Bergh

On May 6 substantive ceremonies were held before a large audience which was allowed to bring their pets into the cemetery - including dogs for the first time in over a century. After the shipyard was sold Bergh received a share of the inheritance and set forth on a lengthy journey throughout Western Europe with his young bride Catherine Matilda Taylor. In 1862 Bergh was appointed secretary and acting vice-consul to the American legation in St.

Henry Bergh (August 29 1813 – March 12 1888) founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in April 1866 three days after the first effective legislation against animal cruelty in the United States was passed into law by the New York State Legislature.