Slideshow images:

1. Contemporary fox hunt protest (c) Press Association (used with permission)
2. ”Vivisection” illustration by Will Crawford, 1911
3. Humane education demonstration, RSPCA Annual Report, 1962, back cover
4. Modern animal rights demonstration in US, n.d.

“There is no doubt that the animal protection movement has made substantial contributions to Western culture, not the least of which consists in its ongoing attempts to better understand the natural world and animals and determine our proper relationship to them. Such matters ultimately concern us all.”

— MOLLY BAER KRAMER