1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YKlDhQXHsQ"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/do-animals-suffer/">Do Animals Suffer?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/do-animals-suffer/embed/#?secret=YKlDhQXHsQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Do Animals Suffer?” — HappyCow" data-secret="YKlDhQXHsQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Do-Animals-mini1.jpg580200Do Animals Suffer? – a powerful gruesome image of ~ 118 years ago. The drawing / illustration on the postcard is by William Small – artist for ‘The Daily Graphic’ – the date looks like 1897. The original postcard is in the collection of the Ernest Bell Library. Scroll down this page for a larger 1.66 MB version. ‘Death Row’ Ships Live animals were being shipped for slaughter in other countries. There were campaigns against these ‘cattle ships’ in the 1890s – we have original copies of related booklets & pamphlets from The Humanitarian League. The 19thC & early 20thC vegetarians & vegans cooperated with some very fine artists to communicate their messages! Reproduced as a postcard by ‘The Vegetarian Society‘ in Manchester, UK. Posted from Manchester, England circa 1905, the date is unclear. The early 1870s – up until WW1 – was a dynamic period for vegetarianism & animal rights activism. There were 100% vegetarians / ‘vegans’ living in & around London, UK – more here. Francis W. Newman had attempted to introduce ‘veganism’ in The Vegetarian Society UK in 1871 – more here. Ernest Bell was ‘veganising’ his recipe books – advising about removing eggs & dairy from recipes. Henry S. Salt was writing about […]