Summary

In the late nineteenth century, a movement began to emerge among women who disliked the consequences of fashion for both women and animals. A combination of animal rights and women's rights came together to liberate women from the demands of fashion while also reducing the deaths of animals in the name of style, which one activist called "the slaughter of innocents" (49). As the movement grew, various societies formed including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Audubon Society. At the turn of the century, legislation began to be passed to outlaw the trafficking and importation of certain species. Conservation efforts continued to grow throughout the twentieth century with stricter and stricter laws being passed and finally culminating in 1973 with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) which protects 35,000 species. Despite these victories for...