The Reich Animal Protection Act of Nazi Germany, passed on 24th November 1933, was the first animal protection law that was binding for the whole territory of the Reich, and contained detailed administrative rules. Even abroad, it was deemed to be highly advanced and exemplary; a substantially revision did not take place until the passing of the Animal Protection Act on 24th July 1972. The Reich Animal Protection Act had a clear political objective and was meant to give the regime a "humane touch" in the eyes of the general public, while at the same time denigrating Jews as animal tormentors...