1973 – SSPV release their film “Trapped”
The film, which addressed issues of animal welfare in the production of cosmetics, was written by Hector MacMillan and directed in Scotland by Robin Crichton….
Read more1976 – SSPV launch Animal Welfare Year (AWY) with SSPCA
The collaborative project had Clive Hollands as Chairman, and Lord Houghton as the AWY president. Almost 70 national and local animal welfare organisations came together…
Read more1978 – ‘Putting Animals Into Politics’ campaign run by the General Election Co-ordinating Committee for Animal Protection (GECCAP)
The committee was formed in 1978 from the 5 Joint Consultative Bodies which had been formed in the Animal Welfare Year. SSPV was represented on…
Read more1978 – Lord Houghton of Sowerby becomes President of SSPV
MP for Sowerby in Yorkshire from 1949 – 1974, Lord Houghton had been President of Animal Welfare Year (1976 – 1977) and Chairman of the…
Read more1979 – Lord Houghton Award for Services to Animal Welfare announced
The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, League Against Cruel Sports and the National Anti-Vivisection Society joined the SSPV in holding a formal dinner…
Read more1990 – SSPV change name to Advocates for Animals
The name Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection was changed to Advocates for Animals at this years AGM but the aims and objectives of…
Read more1990 – Advocates for Animals investigate work of pharmacologist
The organisation spent two years on an undercover investigation into the work of professor Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg resulting in the report which was 47 pages…
Read more1994 – Advocates for Animals organise first Living Without Cruelty (Scotland) exhibition
The exhibition, which was organised alongside Animal Aid, was held in Edinburgh with over 4000 people attending. There were many stands, talks, vegetarian and vegan…
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