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The American Humane Association (AHA) is an organization founded in 1877, dedicated to the welfare of animals and children. It was previously called the International Humane Association, before changing its name in 1878. In 1940, it became the sole monitoring body for the humane treatment of animals on the sets of Hollywood films and other broadcast productions. AHA is best known for its trademarked certification "No Animals Were Harmed", which appears at the end of film or television credits. It has also run the Red Star Animal Emergency Services since 1916. In 2000, AHA formed the Farm Animal Services program, an animal welfare label system for food products. The Association is currently headquartered in Washington D.C. It is a section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=American Humane Association: Tax Status )〕 ==Early history== The American Humane Association began on October 9, 1877, as "The International Humane Association," with the amalgamation of 27 organizations from across the US after a meeting at the Kennard House in Cleveland, Ohio. The invitation to the other groups came from the Illinois Humane Society, sent on September 15, 1877, to discuss the specific problem of farm animal maltreatment during their transport between the eastern and western US. Groups attending the meeting included associations from the State of New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maryland, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. A group from Minnesota also pledge its support to the forthcoming results of the conference, though they could not attend, and a group from the Province of Quebec in Canada requested the proceedings be sent to them following the proceedings. The International Humane Association changed its name to the "American Humane Association" in November 1878.〔''Doings of the Annual Meeting, Volumes 1'', p. 19〕 New member organizations were in attendance for their second annual general meeting, held in Baltimore, Maryland, also came from California, Massachusetts, Maine, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. Canadian regions were also included in the Association. In 1916, the American Humane Association founded Red Star Rescue Relief after the U.S. Secretary of War asked AHA to rescue injured horses on the battlefields of World War 1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mars.com/global/press-center/press-list/news-releases.aspx?SiteId=94&Id=5088 )〕 In 1954, tensions within the ranks of American Humane Association members came to a head at the organization's annual meeting, as a member-nominated slate of board candidates stood for office in opposition to a board-nominated slate. The majority of those assembled at the Atlanta, Georgia convention elected the three candidates on the member-nominated slate, J. Perry, Raymond Naramore, and Roland Smith. In the meeting's aftermath, there were firings and resignations on the part of staff members, including Larry Andrews, Marcia Glaser, Helen Jones, and Fred Myers. This core group went on to found a new organization, the National Humane Society,later known as The Humane Society of the United States, as an alternative to AHA.〔P. Parkes and J. Sichel, The Humane Society of the United States 1954-1979: Twenty Five Years of Growth and Achievement, Washington, 1979, 3〕 The American Humane Association's first "No Animals Were Harmed" end credit was issued at the end of the movie ''The Doberman Gang'' in 1972.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.americanhumane.org/about-us/who-we-are/history/ )〕 In 1997, The American Humane Association launched The Front Porch Project in order to prevent child abuse and neglect.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Humane Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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