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'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was …
- … by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The …
- … traps were visited and the hours of suffering that trapped animals experienced. Howitt focused on …
- … campaign literature, made the gamekeeper the embodiment of cruelty. In common with the Darwins’ & …
- … the practice if they were confronted with the evidence (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty …
- … Several responses suggested that a prize should be offered for a humane trap, and Emma accordingly …
- … submitted in competition for the prize, was held at the Royal Horticultural Gardens, South …
- … , 5 & 6 Will. IV c. 59), and the Act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals, …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … (1) Admiralty, Lords of the (1) Agassiz, …
- … Agassiz, Louis (10) Agent for Mr Allen (1) …
- … J. L. (3) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1) …
- … D. T. (8) Anthropological Society, Vienna (1) …
- … Blytt, Axel (2) Board of the Treasury (minutes) (1) …
- … (1) Chairman, Committee of Papers, Royal Society of London (1) …
- … Frank (3) Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) …
- … W. J. R. (1) Council, Royal Society of London (1) …
- … Annie (7) Down Friendly Society (3) …
- … Eck, F. A. (1) Edinburgh Royal Medical Society (1) …
- … Margaret (1) Franklin Society (1) …
- … Librarian (2) Librarian, Royal Geographical Society (1) …
- … Institute (1) President, Royal College of Physicians (1) …
- … Sciences (1) Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals …
- … H. L. (1) Subscribers to T. H. Huxley gift (1) …
Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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- … Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. …
- … with its monstrous (as it seems to me) attack on Virchow for experimenting on the Trichinae’ (letter …
- … and public officials, and drew on his own family circle for assistance in preparing a bill for …
- … however, by his deep affection for animals and antipathy to cruelty. Darwin’s fondness for animals, …
- … Dalton Hooker requesting his approval as president of the Royal Society of London (letter to J. D. …
- … of pain on animals, and invited legislation to prevent such cruelty, appending a report on …
- … a lengthy paragraph on the treatment of animals in human society, the pain and death they suffered …
- … discovery’: A Bill to Prevent abuse and cruelty in Experiments on Animals made for the …
- … to make an experiment on a live animal … ( Report of the Royal Commission on vivisection , …
- … Lyon Playfair, 27 May 1875 ). In his testimony before the Royal Commission (see below), Darwin …
