Jules Rühl
Belgian animal welfare activist
Jules Rühl (1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Belgian animal welfare activist. During his life he was known as an apostle of animal protection.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Jules Rühl (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1864, died 1936.1
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Career
Occupation: animal protectionist.4
- Date not recordedFounded Société Royale Protectrice des Animaux et Société contre la Cruauté envers les Animaux (Veeweyde)3
Rühl who worked in Anderlecht founded the Brussels Society Against Cruelty to Animals in 1897. In 1908 he founded Veeweyde, the first shelter for lost and abandoned animals in Belgium. He was the editor of the magazine Nos Meilleurs Amis (Our Best Friends). He proposed Belgium's first animal protection law which was implemented in 1929.
Rühl was a vegetarian in his personal life but was supportive of humane slaughter. He campaigned for the use of anaesthetics and humane killers in slaughterhouses as well as improving working conditions. He invented a humane pistol for killing livestock. He was a vice-president of the International Humanitarian Bureau from 1936 to 1938, an organization connected to the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jules Rühl (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
- CitizenshipBelgium5
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- 1WikidataJules Rühl on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJules Rühl on Wikipedia
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- 7Wikimedia CommonsJules Rühl photo by Pia-Magda, CC BY-SA 4.0