<human>:  With regards to animal rights and animal cruelty, who was the first person to be executed for animal cruelty?
<bot>: That would be John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed. He was a pioneer in the American frontier, who traveled across the United States planting apple trees wherever he went. He was arrested and convicted of killing and eating a number of animals, including a turkey, a dog, and a cat. He was executed by hanging in 1845.