University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents Documentation sent to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection from the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on the topic of humane killing of animals through electrocution. There are two letters addressed to Miss Ivory from Archibald Langwill, Secretary of the SSPCA. The first, dated 6th June 1923 regards the presentation of a letter on electrocution, written by Miss Ivory, to the Directors of the SSPCA. The other relates to the sharing of...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters and documents kept by Netta Ivory which relate to the humane destruction of animals and evidence against the method of electrocution as a humane method of destruction. Documents include; 1. Letter from R.P. Paddison to Netta Ivory, 7th May 1922, responding to Ivory's concerns about the use of electricity in destroying dogs in dog homes. This letter dsecribes the process and its shortcomings. 2. Two letters addressed to the Edinburgh Dog...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters and documents which relate to the use of electrocution and suffocation of animals. These documents illustrate a difference of opinion between the SSPV and the RSPCA. 1. Copies of letters between Mr Languill and William Younger about the differences between Captain Fairholme and Netta Ivory's opinions towards the use of electrocution as a means of destroying animals, dated between 21st-27th June 19232. A letter and newspaper cutting about a...

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A printed Appendix from "Notes on the Use of Electricity for Taking Animal Life".Published by the Humane Society of Kansas City, MO., 1918