An Act against Plowing by the Tayle, and pulling the Wooll off living Sheep
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An Act against Plowing by the Tayle, and pulling the Wooll off living Sheep was an Act
of the Parliament of Ireland
(citation 10 & 11 Chas. 1 c. 35) passed in 1635. It was one of the first pieces of legislation to protect the rights of animals
. The act aimed to prevent cruelty to horse
s and sheep.
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
of the Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...
(citation 10 & 11 Chas. 1 c. 35) passed in 1635. It was one of the first pieces of legislation to protect the rights of animals
Animal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...
. The act aimed to prevent cruelty to horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
s and sheep.