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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.

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A printed copy of Chapter 28, an act to regulate the exhibition and training of performing animals, 30th June 1925

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Magazine photograph of three images of horses used on stage for the musical revue 'The Whirligig' at the Palace Theatre, London in [1919]. The next beneath the image notes that the actors attend the Army riding school in North-West London as a way to keep fit for the show.

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Photograph of the horse who used to pull the Lord Mayor of London's carriage and then a Russian sledge at Olympia during a pageant in the early 20th century.

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A pamphlet, published by the Council of Justice to Animals and Humane Slaughter Association (Scotland), detailing the events at a bull fight in Barcelona. The charity calls for an end to the practice. The article was reprinted from The Evening Times, Glasgow, April 17th, 1936, by permission of the editor.

Scope and Contents A booklet titled "One Thing and Another", by Edmind T. MacMichael, and published by Performing and Captive Animals' Defence League, 17 Buckingham Street, AdlephiThe booklet is "a short summary of the main events which have occurred between Autumn, 1929 and April, 1931 in the struggle to free some of our fellow creatures from the cruelties of capture, the horrors of transport to an uncongenial climate, the torture and brutalities of training and the misery of lifelong...

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Photograph of two performing pigs posing on and through a wooden cylinder in the early 20th century.

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Two lists of subscriptions and donations, and balance sheet, for 1943-1944, for the Performing and Captive Animals' Defence League.

Also contained is a report of the work the organisation did.

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A list of subscriptions and donations, a balance sheet, and a statement of the league's aims and objects of the Performing and Captive Animals' Defence League and Jack London Club, 1968.

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Photographs of circus horses and elephants being trained using kindness and rewards by Lord John Sanger to achieve success in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes that a proposal for the prohibition of training animals for performance was happening soon.