Anti-Vivisection

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the leaflet "An Injustice That Cries Aloud to Heaven", regards the export of animals from the UK to international vivisection laboratories, and urges an end to the practice. Created by the SSPV. Withdrawn from production 9th January 1979.

Contains distressing images.

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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 in Angus between 1932-1941


Includes seven inserts which are letters from subscribers

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The Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society was founded in 1906 with the aim to oppose all forms of cruelty to animals and the abolition of vivisection.

This is an incomplete run of their reports starting from 1912 as follows

1912 1915 1926 1927 (two copies) 1928 (two copies) 1930 1931 1933 1935 (reports for 1933 and 1934) 1937 (reports for 1935 and 1936) (two copies) 1939 (reports for 1937 and 1938) 1969 (includes inserts)

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A notice for the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society's General Assembly and Business Meetings for members and associates of the society, donors to the Nina Hamilton Memorial Fellowship and Donons to the Ferne Animal Sanctuary. The meeting was to take place at Animal Defence House, 15 St James's Place, London. Topics discussed included speaking out against cruelty, the prevention of cruelty to animals, and the increase in vivisection experiments.

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A bound volume containing newspaper cuttings, initially in regard to Harvey Metcalfe's publication "This Must Not Happen in Britain", but relates to more general animal welfare articles, ending with dogs being used in Russian space exploration.

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Documentation relating to Parliamentary work of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection in response to the slaughter of animals for human consumption and the welfare therein.

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An article, reprinted from the American Weekly issue of July 1, 1945, titled "Animal Torture Worthless to Science". It is a broad publication that opens up into a poster size and describes the suffering of animals in vivisection labs.

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Newspaper cuttings on animal protection Bills going through parliament, 1953 Vivisection of Animals, A Bill to Prohibit the Vivisection of Higher Animals, 27 March 1919 Cruelty to Animals Bill, 1907 A Bill to Prohibit the Vivisection of the Higher Animals, 1913 Rough draft for a Bill to prevent experiments of any nature upon Dogs in any place licensed for experiments upon living animals, 1935 Draft of a Bill to provide for the further protection of British wild birds, 1933

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Printouts of the meeting minutes for the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection Annual General Meeting. The contents include who attended the meetings, topics discussed, and motions past. The minutes in this folder include;

Minutes of the 38th AGM, 26th May 1950 (three drafts and all annotated) Minutes of the 39th AGM, 27th June 1951 Minutes of the 40th AGM, 19th May 1952 Minutes of the 41st AGM, 28th May 1953 Minutes of the 42nd AGM, 21st May 1954

Scope and Contents Three leaflets and articles supported or published by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection on the topic of anti-vaccination between 1934-1957.1. "Avoid Putting Disease into Healthy Bodies", published by the SSPV (who oppose the use of animals when carrying out vaccine experiments) and the National Anti-Vaccination League. (2 copies) 2. "Do You Believe in Vaccines?" An article written by the Duchess of Hamilton, reprinted from the Daily Herald, April 24, 1934 3....