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Animal welfare

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

Found in 450 Collections and/or Records:

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

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/5/4/1
Scope and Contents

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

Help the Dog Leaflets 1,2,3,4 and 6, 1933 - 1934

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/54
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"Help the Dog Leaflets", were distributed by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society. Here are five examples of the leaflets.

No.1 What is a Stray Dog? No.2 The Laboratory Mind and Experiments on Dogs No.3 The Dog: The World's Super-Lover No.4 Dogs and the last Royal Commission on Vivisection (1912) No.6 Stolen Dogs: cases in London in 1926

Dates: 1933 - 1934

Hints of the Care of Rabbits, 1920

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/36
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"Hints on the Care of Rabbits", is a guide to the best practice for looking after rabbits as a domestic pet. Published by the Animal Defence Society as part of Animal Friends No.5a

Dates: 1920

How Dog Treat Us; How We Treat Dogs, 1905

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/29
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Three one page information leaflets which have one of three images of an Edwin Landseer paintings of dogs on one side ("How Dogs Treat Us"), and on the verso are images of dogs being tested on ("How We Treat Dogs")

Two were published by the National Anti-Vivisection Society London One was published by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection with the painting "Saved"

Dates: 1905

How hungry are broiler breeders subjected to commercial food restriction during rearing?, 1993

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Identifier: Coll-1362/4/212
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Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1993. Part 2.

Dates: 1993

How hungry are broiler breeders subjected to commercial food restriction during rearing?, 1994

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Identifier: Coll-1362/4/589
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Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 2.

Dates: 1994

How many monkeys does India export?, 1956

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/1/2
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Published by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection after 1956, this leaflet gives details on the numbers of monkeys exported to the UK for experiments, where they go, and what happens to them.

This leaflet contains images of animal suffering. Discrestion is advised.

Dates: 1956

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
Scope and Contents

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