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Animal welfare

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

Found in 450 Collections and/or Records:

An Animal's Charter, 1927

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1618/2/4/1/15
Scope and Contents

Two versions of the same document.

A charter was approved at the conference convened by the National Council for Animals' Welfare Week, 3rd May 1927. The charter sets out how animals can be protected. One includes an image of a dog surounded by the words "Cruelty to animals is an enemy to progress".

Dates: 1927

An Experiment in Great Britain, 1968

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/1/29
Scope and Contents

A campaign leaflet which includes a photograph and words by Scottish poet, Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, about the death of a vivsected cat. There is a photograph of MacGregor holding a cat. The leaflet has information on how to join SSPV. Reprinted from the Daily Telegraph.

The leaflet was withdrawn in 1969 due to six words missing from the document.

Dates: 1968

An Injustice That Cries aloud to Heaven, 1969

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/1/32
Scope and Contents

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 Withdrawn from production 9th January 1979.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.

Dates: 1969

Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society General Meeting Invitation, 1955

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/89
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1955

Animal Experiments Newspaper Cuttings in Bound Volume, 1956 - 1960

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/7/6
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1956 - 1960

Animal Performers, Why?, 1941

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

Leaflets, published by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, appealing to readers for their assistance in the campaign against performing animals. The leaflet argues that wild animals do not exist to entertain people, the training is cruel as it the constant transportation.

Dates: 1941

Animal Slaughter for Human Consumption Bills and other Related Documents, 1910 - 1925

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

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.

Dates: 1910 - 1925

Animal Torture is Worthless to Science, 1945

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/57
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1945