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7 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm

Some people say that medical research uses too many animals ... : getting your facts straight / The Physiological Society.

Leaflet explaining Boots position on using animals in testing their cosmetics. Printed in brown and blue on white paper.

Veterinary medical ephemera : Animal welfare. Box 3

Not tested on animals / Boots Company PLC.

Apparently depicts the arrival at the valley of Alexander Loudon and his friends, holding chickens with which to test the toxic fumes emerging from the ground, as described in Loudon's letter communicated to the Royal Geographical Society by John Barrow, 28 December 1831, and reported by various journals

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 15.6 x 24.7 cm

Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

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.

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Alternative testing strategies : replacing, reducing and refining use of animals in research / edited by Charles Kessler.

Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello.

Leaflet justifying the use of animals in medical research, but stating circumstances under which this should be done. Printed in black and blue on white paper with a photograph of a dark haired mother with her daughter behind her.

Veterinary medical ephemera : Animal welfare. Box 4

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

"Animal research helped save my daughter's life" / John Martin.

Leaflet against animal use in medical research. Focusing on arthritis and multiple sclerosis research at St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School in London, as reported by Louise Wallis.

Charities that make animals pay / National Anti-Vivisection Society.

C. (Great Britain. Parliament)

Report of the Royal Commission on the practice of subjecting live animals to experiments for scientific purposes : with minutes and evidence and appendix / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty.

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Some people say that medical research uses too many animals ... : getting your facts straight / The Physiological Society.

Not tested on animals / Boots Company PLC.

Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

Genetic nightmare at Huntingdon Life Sciences / SHAC.

Alternative testing strategies : replacing, reducing and refining use of animals in research / edited by Charles Kessler.

Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello.

"Animal research helped save my daughter's life" / John Martin.

Charities that make animals pay / National Anti-Vivisection Society.

Report of the Royal Commission on the practice of subjecting live animals to experiments for scientific purposes : with minutes and evidence and appendix / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty.

A short account of the act for the better prevention of cruelty to animals (39 & 40 Vict. c. 77) / by Stephen Paget.

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Some people say that medical research uses too many animals ... : getting your facts straight / The Physiological Society.

Not tested on animals / Boots Company PLC.

Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

Genetic nightmare at Huntingdon Life Sciences / SHAC.

Alternative testing strategies : replacing, reducing and refining use of animals in research / edited by Charles Kessler.

Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello.

"Animal research helped save my daughter's life" / John Martin.

Charities that make animals pay / National Anti-Vivisection Society.

Report of the Royal Commission on the practice of subjecting live animals to experiments for scientific purposes : with minutes and evidence and appendix / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty.

A short account of the act for the better prevention of cruelty to animals (39 & 40 Vict. c. 77) / by Stephen Paget.

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