Anti-Vivisection

Scope and Contents A collection of notes and notices written by SSPV secretary, Netta Ivory. These documents regard the SSPV's work within Parliament, with the aim of ending vivisection through legislation. 1. Letters from Netta Ivory supporting the end of vivisection of dogs and all vivisection, 1949 2. Notes on a visit to London on the anti-vivisection Bill 3. "Nation Wide Appeal to British Dog Lovers", typed and hand edited document 4. Netta Ivory's Notes on the prohibition of Vivisection on...

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Documents and letters regarding parliamentary procedures needed when attempting to pass an anti-vivisection bill. The documents include annotated papers of parliamentary proceedures, suggestions from Netta Ivory, details of those to send anti-vivisection information to. Correspondence on the prelimiary report on parliamentary question. Leaflets on the General Election 1950, vivisection experiments on animals.

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A bound volume containing details of the names, addresses, and amount paid in subscriptions to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection from Perthshire between 1932-1941


Contains 13 inserts relating to subscriptions

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A bound volume containing details of the names, addresses, and amount paid in subscriptions to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection from Perthshire between 1912-1921

Scope and Contents Caution. The majority of the photographs are of a graphic nature showing animals in distress. Six ring-binder boxes containing photographs relating to Vivisection and animal experimentation. The photographs include images of dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, rats, and primates involved in the process of animal experimentation. The photographs are divided by species, with the exception being a collection of photographs experiments taking place on various animals at the...

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Bulletin Number 3 from the National Anti-Vivisection Society, Chicago, May-June 1955.

The headline of this bulletin on the over-breeding of pets, however the bulletin contains many articles relating to animal welfare and vivisection.

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A pamphlet, written by L. Loat, and published by the SSPV, is subtitled "A myster, probably dangerous, unproved and, in present circumstances, unprovable, causing gross cruelty to animals, and, if widely used, a shocking waste of public money". This pamphlet regards the vaccine for poliomyelitis.

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Five blank postcards depicting experiments being carried out on dogs. The postcards are for the purpose of sending to MPs or members of the medical profession and were created by Science Without Cruelty, 27 Palace Street, London.

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An advertisment, originally taken from The Scotsman, 18th November 1961, detailing a fund, named the Lawson Tait Memorial Trust, of £5000 to stimulate new developments in medical research without using living animals. Those with an interest in applying for the funding must contact Harvey Metcalfe.

The advertisment includes an illustration of Lawson Tait, Surgeon, 1845-1899

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A poster, reprinted from The Scotsman, adversising the 4th October World Day for Animals.

The poster, published by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection, contains information on the exportation of British animals to oversees vivisection laboratories.

The poster contains some distressing images of animals.