anti-vivisection Archives

The Animal Museum: Los Angeles

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September 28, 2016 By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ Veganism

Open The Doors – For Animals – New York Anti-Vivisectionists

Even 100+ years ago many ‘vegans’ & other meat abstainers were campaigning for animal rights & against vivisection. Today we jump back to ~ 1911 to revisit…… ————————————– Two old postcards & Trans-Atlantic Co-operation Open the Doors!! New York Anti-Vivisection Society This first postcard promotes the New York Anti-Vivisection Society’s – ‘The Open Door’ magazine. Mrs. Diana Belais – launched the New York Anti-Vivisection Society in 1908 – an article – here. We…

October 14, 2014 (Last Updated: November 12, 2019) By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General

One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas – some powerful anti-vivisection quotes from a 1906 publication!

Vegans have been actively campaigning against vivisectors since ~ the 1870s. Today, here in Hong Kong, we had a table covered in anti-vivisection pamphlets. The earliest that we were referring to was one by Ernest Bell from 1889. As we were working, we realized that Google could not find many of our favorite quotes – also many misquotes are available through Search. So, in this post, we are transcribing approx.…

June 17, 2014 (Last Updated: October 21, 2015) By John Edmundson

Animal Companions/ Animal Rights/ Animals

“Bob”, a London wolfhound mongrel, escapes from a famous vivisector’s clutches!

Re-introducing “Bob”. 88 years after he achieved fame in human circles. This postcard is a much admired & much loved item in our Ernest Bell Library archives. In November of 1926 Ernest Basil Verney FRS (22 August 1894 – 19 August 1967) was about to experiment on “Bob” at University College London – …..somehow they forget to mention anything about this in their history page! “Bob’s” story ……was told in the London U.K. House of…

March 11, 2014 (Last Updated: November 21, 2015) By John Edmundson