Editing Vernon and Irene Castle (section)

===Animal welfare===
By the 1920s, and for the rest of her life, Castle was a staunch activist for animal welfare and [[anti-vivisection]].<ref name="Golden 234">Golden, pp. 234–235</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Cullen |first= Frank |date=2007 |title=Vaudeville, Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America|volume=1 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Vaudeville_old_new/XFnfnKg6BcAC |publisher=Routledge |page=206 |isbn=0-415-93853-8 |access-date=}}</ref> She spoke at events for the Maryland and New York Anti-Vivisection societies.<ref name="Golden 234"/> In 1931, she called for the arrest of her neighbour William Schroeder, a pig farmer, on charges of cruelty to his animals. In response, Schroeder filed false-arrest charges of $10,000 against her. She won the case two years later.<ref name="Golden 234"/> She founded the [[Riverwoods, Illinois|Riverwoods]], Illinois, animal shelter "Orphans of the Storm" in 1928, which was still active as of 2025.<ref>[http://www.orphansofthestorm.org/About/IreneCastle.html "Our History: About – Irene Castle and Orphans of the Storm"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704183055/http://www.orphansofthestorm.org/About/IreneCastle.html |date=4 July 2008 }}, Orphans of the Storm, accessed 3 March 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web| publisher=Orphans of the Storm| title=In the beginning| url=https://orphansofthestorm.org/about/history | accessdate=2023-06-20}}</ref>