Editing Jack London (section)

== Animal activism ==
London witnessed animal cruelty in the training of circus animals, and his subsequent novels ''[[Jerry of the Islands]]'' and ''[[Michael, Brother of Jerry]]'' included a foreword entreating the public to become more informed about this practice.<ref>{{cite book |last=Beers |first=Diane L. |title=For the Prevention of Cruelty: The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States |url=https://archive.org/details/forpreventionofc00dian_0 |url-access=registration |year=2006 |publisher=Swallow Press/Ohio University Press |location=Athens |isbn=0804010870 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/forpreventionofc00dian_0/page/105 105–06]}}</ref> In 1918, the [[Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] and the American Humane Education Society teamed up to create the Jack London Club, which sought to inform the public about cruelty to circus animals and encourage them to protest this establishment.<ref>{{cite book |last=Beers |first=Diane L. |title=For the Prevention of Cruelty: The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States |url=https://archive.org/details/forpreventionofc00dian_0 |url-access=registration |year=2006 |publisher=Swallow Press/Ohio University Press |location=Athens |isbn=0804010870 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/forpreventionofc00dian_0/page/106 106–07]}}</ref> Support from Club members led to a temporary cessation of trained animal acts at [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus|Ringling–Barnum and Bailey]] in 1925.<ref>{{cite book |last=Beers |first=Diane L. |title=For the Prevention of Cruelty: The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States |url=https://archive.org/details/forpreventionofc00dian_0 |url-access=registration |year=2006 |publisher=Swallow Press/Ohio University Press |location=Athens |isbn=0804010870 |page=[https://archive.org/details/forpreventionofc00dian_0/page/107 107]}}</ref>