Cats
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Gay Scotland, Issue 45, 1989
Glasgow and West of Scotland Dog and Cat Home Annual Reports, 1921 - 1940
Annual reports from the Glasgow and West of Scotland Dog and Cat Home and refuge for strays. The reports contain details of the members of council, the expenditure of the dog and cat home, and details on the work of the organisation. The major principal of the home was to
Keep Her Away from The Laboratories, 1960
A leaflet encouraging the public to donate to the SSPV. This one has a picture of a cat and has the title "Keep Her Away from the Laboratories: pets need protection from the danger of vivisection.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 01 September 1911
Alexander writes that he will visit the clouded leopard when in London and complains at the Zoo's ignorance when it comes to curing dysentery and diarrhoea in cats. He suggests that if Ewart wishes him to do anything he should inform the authorities at the Zoo. The Przewalski's colt is doing well although Alexander does not think he has served any mares yet.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Frederick Thomas George Hobday, 20 September 1903
Hobday reports on the kittens of an unusual cat with six toes to each foot and asks if Ewart would like any of them.
Letters and evidence gathered against the use of electrocution as a means of humane destruction of animals, 1912 - 1925
A collection of letters between the SSPV, RSPCA, and the National Canine Defence League discusing bringing an end to the use of electrocution as a method of humane destruction of stray dogs and cats.
The folder contains gathered evidence through newspaper cuttings and reports to argue for an end to electrocution as the evidence suggests it only causes prolonged suffering and does not guarantee death.
These records date between 1912-1925.
Letters and leaflets from other animal charities about animals in captivity, 1928 - 1938
Letters relating to animal welfare in shelters and electrocution, 1920 - 1921
A collection of letters relating to the welfare of animals held in shelters and the use of electrocution as a means of destruction.
1. A letter from J.W.Land about conditions at the Dogs' Home, Perth, and details of when dogs are destroyed and the costs therein, 23rd June 1920
2. Letters from the Edmonton Shelter for Lost and Starving Cats about the use of choloform as a method of humane destruction and the effect of chloroform on nerve endings.
Note describing the wild cat, June 1887
Note describing the wild cat which reads 'The old wild cat was not so low in the leg + those in the museu[m] bigger in body head + skin striped like tiger'.
Note of a cure for falling sickness, September 1909
Note which states that sacrificing a black cat or a black cock is a cure for falling sickness [epilepsy]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.