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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:

The Traffic in Decrepit Horses, 1914

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/2/1
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A letter, from the RSPCA, about putting an end to exporting old or injured horses out of the UK. The RSPCA argues that the transportation is unnecessarly cruel and proposes centres in the UK being set up for horses to retire to and be slaughtered. The letter is dated July 1914 and is address to the Secretary of British Animal Products Ltd.

Dates: 1914

To Encourage Humane Killing of Bacon Pigs, 1925

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/2/4
Scope and Contents

"To Encourage Humane Killing of Bacon Pigs and to Avoid Particiation in Cruelty", was a pamphlet published by the Royal Soceity for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The pamphlet contains chapters on the topic of pigs in slaughter houses, including, Why pigs have particular claim, suggestions to enable persons to obtain the products of pigs which have been humanely slaughtered, and a list of bacon curing firms who use the humane killer.

Dates: 1925