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Animal abusers were usually sent to prison, not insane asylums. A far more realistic reason for one to be put into an insane asylum would've been mensuration or epilepsy. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-ooze/202008/snapshot-life-in-19th-century-insane-asylum In reality, laws punishing animal abuse with prison time have been in place since 1821. https://www.animallaw.info/article/development-anti-cruelty-laws-during-1800s
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