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Animal Companions/ Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

So Shines A Good Dog – National Canine Defence League

A wonderfully designed postcard from the National Canine Defence League (NCDL) – circa 1930. A much loved item in the Ernest Bell Library. So Shines A Good Dog In A Naughty World ……quoting Shakespeare – ……’maybe’ quoting the Bible. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… William Shakespeare – The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene I – circa 1598 Portia: That light we see is burning in my hall. How far that little candle throws…

February 29, 2016 By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

Undercover Activism 100+ Years Ago!

Today: – ……we would like to jump back to 1914, to one of the first successful animal cruelty prosecutions. The court case was brought by the Performing and Captive Animals Defence League (PADL). We are happy to discover that undercover activism for the benefit of animals goes back more than 100 years! ‘Andrew’, a dealer friend in the UK, recently discovered this original postcard of ‘Choclat’ and sold it to us.…

November 23, 2015 (Last Updated: November 24, 2016) By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

The Ernest Bell Library, Our Etymological Past, Sixpences, Dogs and Anti-Vivisection

Finding amazing creations / art such as this ~ 105 years old postcard gives us a real ‘buzz’. 100+ years ago truly great people were enthusiastically working / networking for animals – spreading the vegan message – opposing vivisection & much more. More about this postcard below! All of the books, magazines, leaflets, postcards etc. mentioned & pictured in this blog post are being preserved in the Ernest Bell Library,…

July 26, 2014 (Last Updated: February 26, 2016) 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