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There's NO excuse / PETA.

A gang of hunters pretend to wash their eyes with a slimy substance, thus fooling the monkeys, who 'ape' them and blind themselves, allowing the hunters to move in. Line engraving by J. Collaert after J. van der Straet, c. 1610.

House mice devouring a large cheese placed on the floor next to their hole. Etching by Hicks, 1888.

Native Indians catching wild elephants by snaring their feet with ropes. Engraving by T Medland, ca 1800, after S Bey.

An appeal to housewives : demand humanely killed rabbits : don't buy them caught like this / Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

A fox in agony with its paw caught in a trap. Wood engraving by J Bateman.

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House mice devouring a large cheese placed on the floor next to their hole. Etching by Hicks, 1888.

An appeal to housewives : demand humanely killed rabbits : don't buy them caught like this / Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Native Indians catching wild elephants by snaring their feet with ropes. Engraving by T Medland, ca 1800, after S Bey.

A gang of hunters pretend to wash their eyes with a slimy substance, thus fooling the monkeys, who 'ape' them and blind themselves, allowing the hunters to move in. Line engraving by J. Collaert after J. van der Straet, c. 1610.

A fox in agony with its paw caught in a trap. Wood engraving by J Bateman.