1917 – SSPV President passes away
The SSPV president The Earl of Haddington passed away just a few months after being re-elected into the position. As the first president it was…
Read more1918 – Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon becomes second president of the SSPV
The Duchess took over as President of the SSPV from the late Earl of Haddington. Having previously been a vice-president she held the position until…
Read more1925 – Animals Welfare Week
The SSPV took part in their first Animals Welfare Week, holding many meetings throughout the week discussing animal welfare issues. Various meetings were held on…
Read more1929 – SSPV start The Scottish Tail Waggers’ Club
This was initially run by “Mac” the Scottie, care of Netta Ivory. The Club was particularly focused on campaigning for dogs to become exempt from…
Read more1939 – The outbreak of WW11 and SSPV have a busy year
Animals’ Welfare Week (AWW) was held on 26th March to 1st April and was as successful as ever with many of the usual activities held….
Read more1943 – Save our Dogs petition at SSPV offices
The ‘Save our Dogs’, national campaign petition to liberate dogs from the cruelty of vivisection experiments is available at the SSPV office: We, the undersigned…
Read more1949 – Netta Ivory passes away
Netta Ivory, one of the original founders of the SSPV passed away peacefully after a short illness. The 1948 Annual Report stated: “By her passing,…
Read more1949 – SSPV loses charity status
The organisation lost its charity status and all the associated benefits because of a Government decision that anti-vivisection societies are no longer charities, and therefore…
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