Vivisection

by Albert Leffingwell

A message against cruelty to animal, a plea against vivisection!
Albert Leffingwell was a noted American physician, social reformer, and vocal advocate for vivisection reform. His books helped to bring light to the cruel abuses of animal experimentation and called for regulation. He was way ahead of his time in his approach to animal welfare. He is indeed an interesting turn-of-the-century writer whose ideas have been greatly influential and whose books are still worth reading. Furthermore, he believed animals should be free to live their own lives and that humanity has a responsibility to treat them compassionately and justly. We still hope "The day may come when the rest of animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny."(Jeremy Bentham)

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1923

About the author

Albert Tracy Leffingwell, M.D., was a physician, social reformer, and vocal advocate for vivisection reform. He also served as the president of the American Humane Association. He founded the American Society for the Regulation of Vivisection, which advocated regulation of vivisection subjected to surveillance.

Leffingwell wrote several books highlighting the cruelty of animal experimentation and advocating for regulation. He was also concerned with meat safety, believing that lax regulations, in particular allowing cancerous animals into the food chain, were responsible for increases in the incidence of cancer.