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Draft letters written by Netta Ivory to George Mathers asking him to be a political sympathiser for the prohibition of Vivisection on Dogs (Scotland) Bill. There is a reply from Mathers saying he will discuss the matter when he visits Edinburgh, 11th July 1937.

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A collection of responses from MPs who received a letter from Netta Ivory asking for their support for the Prohibition of Vivisection on Dogs (Scotland) Bill. The letter sent to the MPs from Netta Ivory is also included.

Scope and Contents Letters and documents which relate to the distribution and cost of leaflets 1. A request for 200 copies of Miss Lind's pamphlet "The New Search for Health", 15th May 1945 2. A letter from the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society requesting copies of the following pamphlets from the SSPV, "Cancer: The Failure of Modern Research", "A Survey of the Case Against Vivisection", and "In the Company of Anti-Vivisectionists", 12th November 1936 3. A list of people, and their...

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Reports from the Council for Justice to Animals, 1922-1934.

The Council of Justice to Animals had two objectives; to promote humane methods in slaughtering animals, and to provide for the painless killing, when necessary, of horses, dogs, and other animals.

In this run of reports are 1922 1923 1925 (two copies) 1926 (two copies) 1927 (two copies) 1928 (two copies) 1929 (two copies) 1929 (two abridged copies) 1930-1931 (two copies) 1932 1933 (two copies)

Scope and Contents 14 reports from the Council for Justice to Animals and Humane Slaughter Association, 1935-1946The objective of this organisation was to promote humane methods of slaughted, introduce reports in the cattle market, substitute public abattoirs for private ones, and propagate Humanitarian ideal in respect to relations of animals in general. This is not a complete run of records, but within the collection are; 1935 (two copies) 1937 (two copies) 1939 (two...

Scope and Contents A collection of parliamentary bills which relate to the protection of animal welfare in the UK, dating between 1850-19131. SSPCA memorandum on the Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (England and Wales) 2. War Charities Act, 1916 3. Cruelty to Animals, A Bill to amend the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, 1907 4. A Bill to amend the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, published by the National Anti-Vivisection Society 5. notes, letter, and newspaper cutting on the...

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A newspaper cuttings from the Irish Times, 17th January 1867 on the treatment of animals through vivisection in France.

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"Do We Fail, a plea addressed to by friends and co-workers in the animal protection movement", by L. Lind-af-Hageby with examples of animal abuse that had recently occurred to prove that animal welfare work is not over. The pamphlet was issued by the Animal Defence and Anti vivisection Society, 1930.

Scope and Contents Additional documents which relate to the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society which were found amongst correspondence between this society and the SSPV. The documents include; Letters about subscriptions A booklet containing the constitution and rules of the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society, 1924 1904, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1938 and 1941 Annual Reports for the Scttish Anti-Vivisection Society newspaper cuttings for meetings, 1952 A printed copy of the Scottish...

Scope and Contents A collection of three documents which relate to the SSPV's work into protecting animals from vivisection. These materials include. 1. A copy of "Laboratory Animals Bureau, Collected Papers, 1956, Vol. 4, Infections in Laboratory Animals 2. A Report on Supply of Animals to Vivisectional Laboratories, by Harvey Metcalfe of the SSPV (this copy was intended for Miss Ivory) 3. A cutting from Nature Magazine, Vol. 179, February 2 1957, "The International Committee on Laboratory...