" Prior to filming, the AHA were told by the producer's office that no animals were to be used in the film.

Prior to the mid 19th century, mariners referred to these animals as mermaids.

Prior to the first half of the century, most heavy work was executed by draft animals or human muscle power.

Prior to the advent of factory farming with its use of " zero-grazing " feeding techniques, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses.

Prior to the Renaissance, accounts of animals were often apocryphal and creatures were often described as " legendary.

Prior to commercial whaling in the North Pacific ( i. e. pre-1835 ) the populations in the North Pacific probably were over 20, 000 animals.

" Prior to his plague research, Borat worked as an ice maker, gypsy catcher, animal puller ( one who produces semen from animals ) and computer maintenance engineer ( specifically, removing dead birds which had nested in the vents in the computer's casing ).

Prior to 4th edition, druids work very well with animals, and can try to improve a wild creature's attitude the same way they would improve an NPC with diplomacy.

Prior to his coma, Ham would sacrifice children in his castle in Wales ( Ham was placed in a mystical coma for 1500 years by all the other wizards ), but after his resurrection he would sacrifice animals ( which enraged the Badger ) or computer files.

Prior to adoption, agencies generally screen greyhounds for their suitability around small animals especially by way of " cat testing " in which a dog is carefully exposed to a cat to see his or her interest level.

Prior to A ( SP ) A 86, the use of animals in the UK was regulated by the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, which enforced a licensing and inspection system for vivisection.

Prior to the construction of its famous irrigation canal, the Kannadiyan canal, it might have been just a humble, hunting place for wild animals.

Prior to human development, the island was fertile ground for several wild animals, including wild hogs.

Prior to 1066, animals and objects causing serious damage or even death were called banes, and were handed over directly to the victim in a practice known as noxal surrender.

Prior to this, almost all fossil reptile specimens, when recognized as having come from one-living animals, were interpreted as forms similar to those of the modern day: crocodiles, fish, whales, or large land mammals.

Prior to humane slaughter pistols and electric stunners, pigs, sheep and other animals ( including cattle ) were simply struck while fully conscious.

Prior to the scheme, most of the lower area was marshland, while the upper area suffered from waterlogging, and was only suitable for grazing of animals.

Prior to 1942, automobiles were the individual responsibility of the agency to which assigned.

Prior to the year 1878, all apostolic letters and briefs requiring for their validity the leaden seal were engrossed upon rough parchment and in Gothic characters ( round letters, also called Gallicum and commonly Bollatico, but in Italy today Teutonic ) without lines, or diphthongs, or marks of punctuation.

Prior to major influence from outside, there were approximately 25, 000 Aleuts on the archipelago.

Prior to 2006, off-premises alcohol sales were forbidden until noon on Sundays, and liquor / wine stores were required to be closed the entire day.

Prior to 1991 the law was stricter, when changes more clearly defined which businesses were exempt such as pharmacies, hospitals, and restaurants.

Prior to the Smartmodem, modems were almost entirely manual in operation, having developed from acoustic couplers that used a traditional telephone for dialling and hanging up.

Prior to the bubonic plague epidemic known as the Black Death, Mongol and Turkish armies were reported to have catapulted disease-laden corpses into besieged cities.

Prior movements had all originated in cities which were home to at least two teams.

Prior to 31 December 2010, deposits with building societies of up to £ 50, 000 per individual, per institution, were normally protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme ( FSCS ), but Nationwide and Yorkshire Building Societies negotiated a temporary change to the terms of the FSCS to protect members of the societies they acquired in late 2008 / early 2009.

Prior to 1948, various standards for luminous intensity were in use in a number of countries.

Prior to the development of the pound lock in 984AD in China by Chhaio Wei-Yo and later in Europe in the 15th century, either flash locks consisting of a single gate were used or ramps, sometimes equipped with rollers, were used to change level.

Prior to the internet, virtual communities ( like social or academic organizations ) were far more limited by the constraints of available communication and transportation technologies.

Prior to Kidd returning to New York City, he learned that he was a wanted pirate, and that several English men-of-war were searching for him.

Prior to the end of the slave trade and widespread abolition, when indigenous labour was unavailable, slaves were often imported to the Americas, first by the Spanish Empire, and later by the Dutch, French and British.

Prior to the charter, there were various statutes which protected an assortment of civil rights and obligations, but nothing was enshrined in the constitution until 1982.

Prior to the invention of tension rods drum skins were attached and tuned by rope systems such as that used on the Djembe or pegs and ropes such as that used on Ewe Drums, a system rarely used today, although sometimes seen on regimental marching band snare drums.

Prior to his inauguration, he led a meeting of advisors at Pearl Harbor addressing foremost issues ; agreed objectives were to balance the budget during his term, to bring the Korean War to an end, to defend vital interests at lower cost through nuclear deterrent, and to end price and wage controls.

Prior to the development of DTMF, numbers were dialed on automated telephone systems by means of pulse dialing ( Dial Pulse or DP in the U. S .) or loop disconnect ( LD ) signaling, which functions by rapidly disconnecting and re-connecting the calling party's telephone line, similar to flicking a light switch on and off.

Prior to the early 20th century, all shotgun barrels were forged by heating narrow strips of iron and steel and shaping them around a mandrel.

Prior to the start of the Civil War, Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood declared Davenport to be Iowa's first military headquarters and five camps were set up in the city to aid the Union.

Prior to World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended ocean operations ; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together.

Prior to the mid-20th century, double bass strings were usually made of gut, but since that time, steel strings have largely replaced gut strings, because steel strings hold their pitch better and yield more volume when played with the bow.

As time passed, Prior Diego sanctioned the building of a monastery for girls whose parents had sent them to the care of the Albigensians because their families were too poor to fulfill their basic needs.

The first known definition in the West is by Aristotle around 350 BC, in his book Prior Analytics, where he classified it as a material fallacy.

Prior to 1 July Northern Territory local government areas were classified as either

Prior to 1970, when the current taxonomic divisions for North American black widows were set forth by Kaston, all three varieties were classified as a single species, L. mactans.

Prior to 1963 the area was classified as a Forest Reserve.

Prior to the disclosure of her classified CIA identity, Valerie and Joe Wilson and their twins lived in the Palisades, an affluent neighborhood of Washington, D. C., on the fringe of Georgetown.

Prior to the 19th century, rock was classified into three main types: primary or primitive ( igneous and metamorphic rock ), secondary ( sedimentary rock ) and tertiary ( sediments ).

Prior to 1984, the grades of Lieutenant and Member were classified as Members ( fourth class ) and Members ( fifth class ), respectively, but both with the post-nominals MVO.

Prior to the discovery of the nebula, the central star of the Stingray Nebula was known as He3-1357, which Karl Gordon Henize classified as an A or B type Hα emission line star in 1967.

Prior to the siege, in 1991 Novo Sarajevo had some 95, 089 residents, of which 33, 902 were Bosniaks ( 35. 7 %), 32, 899 were Serbs ( 34. 6 %), 8, 798 were Croats ( 9. 3 %), 15, 580 were Yugoslavs ( 16. 4 %), and 4, 391 were classified as others ( 4. 6 %).

Prior studies classified the European languages as Japhetic.

Prior to July 14, 2003, Valerie Wilson ’ s employment status was classified.

Prior to the construction of the Cambridge northern bypass and the Newmarket bypass, the A1303 had been classified as part of the A45.