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Slaughtering and slaughter-houses

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Electrocution Minutes and Letters from S.S.P.C.A, 1923

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/3/2/1
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...
Dates: 1923

Excerpt from Minute of Meeting of Delegates of the Scottish, the Glasgow and West of Scotland, The Aberdeen, and the Dundee Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, held at Edinburgh, on 7th December, 1908, 1908

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/4/3
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A printed list of resolutions, created by delegates present, whose respective Societies supervise, under the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Acts, the whole of Scotland, having had under consideration the subject of the methods employed in Scotland in killing animals for human food.

Dates: 1908

Feeding methods and slaughter criteria, 1977

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/570
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Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1976. Volume 10 of 19.

Dates: 1977

General Abattoir, Buda-Pest, Main Entrance, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3259
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Photograph of the main entrance of the general abattoir in Budapest, [Hungary] in the early 20th century. The image shows a group of men standing in front of the main entrance which is flanked by pedestals with statues of men pushing and pulling cattle.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

General Election Campaigning from the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society , 1950

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/1/18
Scope and Contents Documents relating to the General Election Campaign of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society during the General Election, 1950. Leaflets, "General Election, 1950" addressed to members and friends of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society to urge them to research the humanitarian stance of their candidates on topics of farming, slaughter, welfare, vivisection, wild animals in captivity (2 copies)Leaflets, "The General Election 1950, vivisection...
Dates: 1950

Handwritten notes on a bill against animal suffering in slaughter houses, 1910

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/4/1
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Handwritten notes, written on headed paper belonging to The Council of Justice to Animals, of which Netta Ivory was secretary. The notes state the contents of a proposed Bill to support animal welfare in slaughter houses with suggestions such as the stunning of animals before being bled, and workers being qualified to handle electronic equipment to reduce suffering.

Dates: 1910

Humane Killing Does Not Injure the Meat, 1924

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/2/5
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Issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the Humane Slaughtering of Animals for Food, is this pamphlet, "Humane Killing Does Not Injure the Meat, experiment and experience." The text was written by R.O.P. Paddison and includes testimonials about the use of humane killer pistols.

Dates: 1924

Humane Slaughter of Animals Bills, 1909 - 1911

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/3/2/8
Scope and Contents A collection of different Bills relating to the humane destruction and slaughter of animals. 1. Humane Slaughtering of Animals, Edinburgh, 19th January 1909 2. Draft Bill for the Humane Slaughter of Animals, an act to provide for the more Humane Slaughter of Animals to be used for Human Food, 1910 3. Note on the Slaughter of Animals Bill, 20th january 1911 3. Slaughter of Animals Bill, Arrangement of Clauses 4. Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty...
Dates: 1909 - 1911

Humane Slaughter of Sheep a rejoinder to the Edinburgh Memorandum with an examination of objections and testimonies , 1928

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/1/6
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A memorandum on the humane slaughter of sheep, published 18th June 1928. The contents include the Edinburgh Memorandum (and those in wider Scotland and England), objections examined, a need for the legislation, and an appendix of testimonies.

Dates: 1928