Man and Beast

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MAN AND BEAST by Major C. W. HUME,

O.B.E.,

M.C.,

B.Sc., M.I.Biol.

with drawings by FOUGASSE

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THE AUTHOR

UfM THE UNIVERSITIES FEDERATION FOR ANIMAL WELFARE

7A Lamb's Conduit Passage, London, \X?.C.1

First published December,1962.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION

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All proceeds of the sale of this book are devoted to the work of UF AW.

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Printed in Great Britain by J,.1artin's Pri11ti11glVorks, Ltd., Sea Vic111!Porks, Spitta!, Berwick-upon-Tweed

The Principles of Animal Protection : The Philosophy of UF AW Blind Spots The Gin Trap : UF A W's Long Battle Soldiers and Laboratory Animals The Nature Conservancy : The Pioneer Work of UF AW The Vivisection Controversy in Britain Electrocution: A Historical Retrospect In Praise of Anthropomorphism How to Befriend Laboratory Animals The Strategy and Tactics of Experimentation The Religious Attitude towards Animals Bullfighting in F ranee and Vivon Li Biou What Rights have Animals? Expanding Mercy Expanding Justice

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INTRODUCTION

1Von miserebitur sapiens, sed succurret. Seneca, De Clementia

Those who work for UF AW in various capacities believe that a book that deals authoritatively with both the ethics of humanitarian endeavour and its practical expression is likely to be of considerable service to the layman as well as to the animal-welfare worker. They also believe that it is a great pity that many of the writings of Major Hume, UF A W's founder-especially those which deal with the ethical and philosophical aspects of our relations with animals, and those which describe the practical progress of animal-welfare campaigns from their small beginnings to their final successes-should virtually be lost in the back numbers of the periodicals, such as iVature, The Lancet, The Hibbert Journal and The UFAW Courier, in which they were originally published. Thus there is a double reason for the publication of this book. Moreover, there is another incentive, for, if one reads between the lines as well as on them, one gets an encouraging picture of the change that has come about during the last thirty years or so in the general attitude towards animal welfare, and an equally encouraging picture of the way in which reforms which seem at first impossible to accomplish can be brought about with patience, tact, perseverance and the capacity to see and understand the point of view of other people-especially when these