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Leaflet protesting against genetic engineering and experiments on animals carried out at Huntingdon Life Sciences for Monsanto. The front has a large red 'X' behind which are photographs of a Greenpeace protestor wrecking genetically modified crops, a plane crop spraying, a frightened beagle puppy and a young (thalidomide?) boy with growth abnormalities in his limbs. The text is in yellow on green bands across the top and bottom.

Veterinary medical ephemera : Animal welfare. Box 5

Genetic nightmare at Huntingdon Life Sciences / SHAC.

Leaflet explaining the unpleasant side of factory farmed egg production, with 3 colour photographs of hens in battery cages and one of black plastic bags full of dead male chicks. People are asked to join FAUNA and /or make a donation.

1 folded sheet (4 p.) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Egg production : laying hens: imprisoned for life / Friends of Animals Under Abuse (FAUNA)

Leafet promoting vegetarianism, pointing out the unpleasant side of factory farming and asking children to join Viva!. Illustrated by black and white photographs and cartoons. Headlines in the text are in red.

1 folded sheet : ill. (part col.) ; 11 x 15 cm.

SCOFF! : Schools' campaign opposed to factory farming / Viva!

Leaflet printed in black on white paper giving URLs under the headings: General, meat & dairy industry, zoos & circuses, bloodsports, ethical shopping, fur/leather and vivisection.

Animal rights on the web : a few good websites to visit for more information...

Leaflet telling the story of how 'Copper' (a fox) was rescued from a hunt, tended to and released later into a non-hunting area in March 1999. Printed in colour on white paper, the front has a photograph of Copper's head fading into a dark green textured background with text above and below him. A photograph of him being held by a vet is on the back.

'Copper' : living proof that hunt saboteurs save lives / Hunt Saboteurs Association.

Leaflet describing the slaughter of pregnant cows and asking people to go vegetarian. A picture of a black cow with a white face is on the front with one of a bloody calf lying on straw below it. There is a photograph on the reverse of a dead cow hanging up with blood pouring from its neck.

This your burger... this is the trash / Viva!

Leaflet making a case against the pet trade and people who don't care for their animals properly, allowing dogs and cats to roam and end up in laboratories etc. Printed in black on white paper the front shows buckets containing dead dogs and cats.

A nation of animal lovers? / Friends of Animals Under Abuse.

Leaflet featuring a colour photograph of a mournful looking pig behind lateral bars surrounded by blue type on an orange background. Details of the rally are on the back.

End factory farming : national march and rally, Saturday 13 July 2002 : meet at noon at Kennington Park, London SE11 (nearest tube: Oval) : Food for life festival... / Viva! [et al.]

Leaflet asking people to join the League and making the case against hunting, highlighting the cruelty involved. It includes portraits of Paul McCartney (with a statement) and Tony Blair. The front has a stag and a doe pictred against the sky and a stag wrestling for its life with a man in water below.

1 folded sheet (6 p.) : col. ill., ports. ; 21 cm.

If you would rather see this... than this, then join us / League Against Cruel Sports Ltd.

Leaflet explaining what BUAV does, how to join and making a case for the abolition of vivisection. Includes photographs of protests, dogs in cages, newspaper headlines from 1989 and a portrait of Paddy Ashdown. The front has a photograph of a beagle looking between the bars of a cage and the title reversed out of a green banner above.

1 folded sheet (6 pages) : color illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm

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Genetic nightmare at Huntingdon Life Sciences / SHAC.

Egg production : laying hens: imprisoned for life / Friends of Animals Under Abuse (FAUNA)

SCOFF! : Schools' campaign opposed to factory farming / Viva!

Animal rights on the web : a few good websites to visit for more information...

'Copper' : living proof that hunt saboteurs save lives / Hunt Saboteurs Association.

This your burger... this is the trash / Viva!

A nation of animal lovers? / Friends of Animals Under Abuse.

End factory farming : national march and rally, Saturday 13 July 2002 : meet at noon at Kennington Park, London SE11 (nearest tube: Oval) : Food for life festival... / Viva! [et al.]

If you would rather see this... than this, then join us / League Against Cruel Sports Ltd.

BUAV : campaigning to end animal experiments / British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.

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Genetic nightmare at Huntingdon Life Sciences / SHAC.

Egg production : laying hens: imprisoned for life / Friends of Animals Under Abuse (FAUNA)

SCOFF! : Schools' campaign opposed to factory farming / Viva!

Animal rights on the web : a few good websites to visit for more information...

'Copper' : living proof that hunt saboteurs save lives / Hunt Saboteurs Association.

This your burger... this is the trash / Viva!

A nation of animal lovers? / Friends of Animals Under Abuse.

End factory farming : national march and rally, Saturday 13 July 2002 : meet at noon at Kennington Park, London SE11 (nearest tube: Oval) : Food for life festival... / Viva! [et al.]

If you would rather see this... than this, then join us / League Against Cruel Sports Ltd.

BUAV : campaigning to end animal experiments / British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.

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