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Claim that Cadbury founded the Animals Friend Society

@Psychologist Guy This article claims that Cadbury founded the Animals Friend Society which eventually became the RSPCA. The source failed verification, but the founding is mentioned here. [1][2] Do you know if this society actually existed? Or is it just a misidentification of Lewis Gompertz's society? I've not been able to find much. Throughthemind (talk) 16:05, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to Gompertz's biography here (can't get the page number on Google Books), Cadbury was a support of the AFS and served on its Birmingham Branch, so it seems he didn't found it and this was misreported. Throughthemind (talk) 16:09, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would be good to find some other sources on this though. Can then add to the article with a note. Throughthemind (talk) 16:11, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes you are right it was a mistake. John Cadbury did not create the Animals' Friend Society, this is another "mistake" handed down by historians who didn't fact check properly. Unfortunately this error has been repeated on 100s of modern websites. The same thing happened with Anna Kingsford who never founded the Food Reform Society. There is only one newspaper article that mentions Cadbury and the Animals Friend Society dated 1854, it doesn't say he founded it. He was likely an early supporter. There are several obituaries for Cadbury in Birmingham newspapers from 1889, none of them mention any involvement with the AFS. They all mention him being influential in the temperance movement (he was a vice-president of the United Kingdom Alliance). Psychologist Guy (talk) 01:41, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]