Bureau of Child and Animal Protection

The "State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection" was the name assigned to Child Protective Services in a number of states during the early 20th century. This was all part of "The Humane Movement" documented by the Descriptive Survey by the same name.^[1] The join of Child and Animal Protections was documented in the same survey showing Colorado as a champion of this philosophy

State Bureaus

It is known that at least 3 states have used this name: Colorado,^[2] Montana^[3] and Texas.^[4]

Colorado

References to the statutes creating the Colorado Bureau of Child and Animal Protection can be found in "The Revised Statutes of Colorado, 1908"^[2]

Montana

The Montana Bureau of Child and Animal Protection is the best documented by far. Starting with the 1904 Report, followed by 5 biannual reports for the years: 1905-06, 1907-08, 1909-10, 1915-16 and 1922-1924.

Texas

The Texas Bureau of Child and Animal Protection was created by the Texas legislature in 1913.

References

^ McCrea, Roswell Cheney (1910). The Humane Movement: A Descriptive Survey, Prepared on the Henry Bergh Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education in Columbia University. Columbia University Press.
^ ^a ^b The Revised Statutes of Colorado, 1908: Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America, the Enabling Act, the Constitution of the State of Colorado, the Code of Civil Procedure, and All General Laws of the State of Colorado : Authorized by the Sixteenth General Assembly. Col., Printed by the Smith-Brooks printing Company. 1908.
^ Montana. Bureau of Child and Animal Protection (1904). Report of the Bureau of Child and Animal Protection, State of Montana. Montana State Library. Helena, Mont. : Independent Pub. Co.
^ Protection, Texas Bureau of Child and Animal (1915). Biennial Report of the Texas Bureau of Child and Animal Protection July 1, 1913 to January 1, 1915. Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, printers.

[1] McCrea, Roswell Cheney (1910). The Humane Movement: A Descriptive Survey, Prepared on the Henry Bergh Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education in Columbia University. Columbia University Press.

[:0-2] The Revised Statutes of Colorado, 1908: Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America, the Enabling Act, the Constitution of the State of Colorado, the Code of Civil Procedure, and All General Laws of the State of Colorado : Authorized by the Sixteenth General Assembly. Col., Printed by the Smith-Brooks printing Company. 1908.

[3] Montana. Bureau of Child and Animal Protection (1904). Report of the Bureau of Child and Animal Protection, State of Montana. Montana State Library. Helena, Mont. : Independent Pub. Co.

[4] Protection, Texas Bureau of Child and Animal (1915). Biennial Report of the Texas Bureau of Child and Animal Protection July 1, 1913 to January 1, 1915. Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, printers.

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