Cleveland Amory

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Cleveland Amory (September 2, 1917 – October 14, 1998) was an American author who devoted his life to promoting animal rights. He was perhaps best known for his books about his cat, named Polar Bear, whom he saved from the New York Streets on Christmas Eve, 1978.[1]

Amory joined the board of directors of The Humane Society of the United States in 1962 and served until 1970.[2] In 1967, he founded the Fund for Animals. Amory was also the president of NEAVS (New England Anti Vivisection Society) from 1987 to 1998.

He was also a television critic for TV Guide during the 1960s and 1970s. He was particularly successful in recruiting celebrities like Doris Day, Angie Dickinson, and Mary Tyler Moore for his campaigns against fur.

In 2005, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) formed a corporate combination with The Fund for Animals. The HSUS now operates the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, a sanctuary for animals in Texas.[3]

Amory was the subject of a 2006 biography, Making Burros Fly, by Julie Hoffman Marshall.[4]

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The Cat Who Came for Christmas
The Cat and the Curmudgeon
The Best Cat Ever
Hometown
The Proper Bostonians
Who killed society?
Cleveland Amory's Compleat Cat
The last resorts
Animail
Newport: There she sits
Cat Tales: Classic Stories from Favorite Writers
Man Kind? Our Incredible War on Wildlife
1902 Edition of The Sears, Roebuck Catalog
The Trouble with Nowadays : A Curmudgeon Strikes Back
Ranch of Dreams: A Lifelong Protector of Animals Shares the Story of His Extraordinary Sanctuary