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Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

Horse Year 2014 will officially begin Jan. 31, 2014 and end on Feb. 18, 2015.

‘National Equine Defence League’ Badge circa 1910 Horse Year 2014 It begins on Jan. 31, 2014 and ends on Feb. 18, 2015. The fortunate colors are green, brown and yellow. We wish you a happy & fulfilling year! The Shēngxiào (Chinese: 生肖, literally “birth likeness”), also known in English as the Chinese zodiac (“zodiac” derives from the similar concept in Western Astrology and means “circle of animals”), is a scheme…

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January 30, 2014 (Last Updated: October 21, 2015) By
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Two of our favorite ‘Leagues’! – Art for the Benefit of Animals – from circa 1924

He groans in anguish; while the growling pack, Blood-happy, hang at his fair jutting chest, And mark his beauteous chequered sides with gore. – The Seasons by James Thomson – Autumn – p133 An old postcard from the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports. It is undated, but is probably from circa 1924 – 1927. The demise of the Humanitarian League came about as a result of the first world war and in 1919…

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January 29, 2014 (Last Updated: November 12, 2019) By
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Animal Rights/ General/ Humor

Vegan Videos – ‘Ask Your Doctor About Meat’ & ‘Juicy Red Steak’

Ask Your Doctor About Meat™ produced for PETA by http://www.jameshallowell.com/ ~ You’re experiencing weight problems, heart failure, depression, and impotence, but what could be the cause? Oh, those are just some of the pesky side effects associated with eating meat, but don’t take our word for it. Ask your doctor. ~ The PETA page –  http://www.peta.org/features/ask-doctor-meat/ Juicy Red Steak™ produced for PETA by http://www.jameshallowell.com/ Parodies about eating meat, in the style…

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January 9, 2014 (Last Updated: October 21, 2015) By
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Humor/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

Vegan Postcard by Donald McGill – circa 1918 – with some George Orwell notes

DONALD McGILL ‘VEGAN’ POSTCARD – circa 1918 PUBLISHER- INTER ART COMIQUE SERIES 2387 . JACK SPRAT COULD EAT NOT FAT AND HIS WIFE COULD EAT NO LEAN AND SO BETWEEN THEM BOTH They decided that, having already given up Tea, Sugar, Jam, Potatoes, Butter, Cheese and Eggs, THEY WOULD ALSO GIVE UP MEAT.  . The original postcard is in our Ernest Bell Library. We have no idea of what Jack…

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January 3, 2014 (Last Updated: October 21, 2015) By
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Dangers of Flesh Eating …& some Walt Disney reflections.

A cartoon from the Ernest Bell Library. ‘Dangers of Flesh Eating’ – by – Edwin George (E. G.) Lutz (1868-1946)  Life Magazine – the issue of April 27, 1911. Click on either image to see a bigger versions! Detail – at higher resolution We have not discovered much about E. G. Lutz’s life – but he was the grand-daddy of many of the glorious cartoons which we have grown up with.…

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December 30, 2013 (Last Updated: October 21, 2015) By
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The ‘Vegan Police’ – making their first appearance 100 years ago – aka – ‘A Glimpse of the Future – In a Compulsory Vegetarian Age’.

  A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE – IN A COMPULSORY VEGETARIAN AGE A raid on a meat-eating den The Ernest Bell Library has a growing collection of veg-art – …art, illustrations, cartoons & photos benefiting animals. (1) Here is an example – …thank you to Arthur Watts (2) & Clement King Shorter (3) ! ‘The Vegan Police’ – making their first appearance 100+ years ago – AKA – A GLIMPSE…

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December 29, 2013 (Last Updated: November 12, 2019) By
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General/ Health/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

‘Leafy greens – six times a day – NO OIL’ – the recommended diet for 2015 and 1874

Better than any ‘TV’. In just 80 minutes you will know more about preventing heart disease & other chronic medial conditions than most medical doctors do. The key message – “I want patients to eat leafy greens six times a day – and NO OIL.” Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. Dr. Esselstyn’s leading choices are arugula, chard, kale, spinach, beets, beet greens and bok choy. Dr. Esselstyn has followed a vegan diet…

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December 24, 2013 (Last Updated: July 24, 2016) By
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A Vegan Booklet of 1655 – ……don’t think about ‘almost five o’clock’!

Roger Crab (born approx. 1621 – died September 11, 1680). Roger is the very first non-Asian ‘vegan’ / pure plant eater that we have come across to date in our research. Roger Crab was a very bizarre Englishman – he was – undefiled with blood – see below for his full epitaph. He was living a very ‘alternative’ & ‘close to vegan’ lifestyle more than 350 years ago. Roger had fought in the Parliamentary…

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December 21, 2013 (Last Updated: May 21, 2020) By
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Veg(etari)an Marketing – promotional flyers – from 123+/- years ago.

. Members of  The London Vegetarian Society in 1891. (1) . Vegetarianism defined – circa 1890 ~ …….. growing slowly but surely to be a great factor in raising and purifying its age. It points towards PERFECT HEALTH. It points towards GENTLENESS, KINDNESS, HUMANENESS. It points towards SELF-CONQUEST. It gathers up the seeds that have been scattered by sages ever since the world began, and the jewels that are to…

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December 3, 2013 (Last Updated: July 24, 2016) By
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THE BROWN LINTIES by Jessey Wade

So who exactly were Jessey Wade & Ernest Bell ? Why have they dropped from the memories of  most of today’s animal lovers? About Jessey Wade’s personal life we have discovered very little; we do know that Jessey was working for animals / fighting for animals from the mid-1890s onward. We have records of her  dynamic pro-animal activities for a period of approx. 50 years. The Ernest Bell Library has more than 150 pieces of Jessey’s…

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November 14, 2013 (Last Updated: November 15, 2016) By
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Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history/ Veganism/ vegetarian history

The Isle of Vegetariana by G. Bedborough

This is one of the earliest vegetarian children’s stories in English that we have discovered. George Bedborough’s thinking is delightful. I particularly love his reflections on militancy. ! Please remember that this story was written more than 100 years ago – just pre-WWI – it is ‘pre-factory farming’ & does not go ‘all the way to vegan’. The ‘non-vegan’ section is highlighted in purple. Mrs Duck and Mrs Cow are pragmatists –…

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November 5, 2013 (Last Updated: December 14, 2018) By
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Remembering Vegetarian Pioneers – Henry S. Salt & Ernest Bell

Updated – Mon Oct 13, 2014 The Humanitarian League’s team has had a busy year –  promoting veganism, opposing vivisection & planting many trees. During the past 12 months The Ernest Bell Library has been given / has purchased more that 200 of the items on our main ‘Search List’ & has ‘found’ another 300+ items previously ‘unknown to us’. We now have more than 300 pieces of Ernest Bell’s own writings.…

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October 1, 2013 (Last Updated: November 12, 2016) By
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