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

Nature's choice beef : specially selected cuts from traditionally reared prime beef / Tesco Stores Ltd.

The milk of human kindness..? : the routine suffering of dairy cows and their calves is one of the biggest and dirtiest secrets of the modern farming industry / Animal Aid.

Animal rights : why should it concern me? / People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London, in 1841. Wood engraving.

Are your meals costing the Earth? : Are they turning forest into desert? Threatening wildlife habitats? Poisoning the environment? / The Vegan Society ; illustrated by Juliet Breese.

An Indian butcher and wife offering betel leaves. Gouache drawing.

A butcher's boy, having fallen asleep on a doorstep, allows a spaniel to eat the kidneys off a tray of kidneys and chops; demonstrating inattention (inattentiveness). Stipple engraving by C. Knight, 1800, after S. De Koster.

Crippled by the system : intensively reared chickens, dying and deformed! / Friends of Animals Under Abuse (FAUNA).

The structure of the meat animals : a guide to their anatomy and physiology / by Roderick Macgregor ; illustratd by A.P. Burton.

Indian butcher selling meat to some customers. Gouache drawing.

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

The book of the meat trade / general editor, Frank Gerrard ; assisted by specialist writers, experts in their various sections of the industry.

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The structure of the meat animals : a guide to their anatomy and physiology / by Roderick Macgregor ; illustratd by A.P. Burton.

Indian butcher selling meat to some customers. Gouache drawing.

A butcher's boy, having fallen asleep on a doorstep, allows a spaniel to eat the kidneys off a tray of kidneys and chops; demonstrating inattention (inattentiveness). Stipple engraving by C. Knight, 1800, after S. De Koster.

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

The book of the meat trade / general editor, Frank Gerrard ; assisted by specialist writers, experts in their various sections of the industry.