19-799: Howard Williams may refer to: Howard Williams (humanitarian) (1837–1931), English humanitarianism and vegetarianism activist Howard Williams (archaeologist) , British archaeologist Howard Williams (TV presenter) , British TV presenter with Basil Brush glove puppet Howard Williams (conductor) (1947), British opera, orchestral and choral conductor Howard Williams (ceramicist) (1935), New Zealand ceramist and art writer Andy Williams (Howard Andrew Williams, 1927–2012), American singer and television host Howie Williams (basketball) (Howard Earl Williams, 1927–2004), American basketball player Howard Lloyd Williams (born 1950), British political scientist and philosopher [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
38-518: A charity, The Animal Defence Trust that was registered in 1971. It was based for many years at Animal Defence House, 15 St James's Place , London, and ran a 237-acre animal sanctuary at Ferne House near Shaftesbury, Dorset, an estate owned by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton. An early member of the Society's executive council was Alice Drakoules who was a lifelong campaigner for animal welfare and
57-603: A keen supporter of the Society. She helped the Society campaign for humane slaughter, licensed slaughterhouses and for an end to performing animals. The Society came to widespread attention during the Brown Dog affair (1903–1910), which began when Lind af Hageby infiltrated the vivisection in University College London of a brown terrier dog. The subsequent description of the experiment in her book, The Shambles of Science (1903) – in which she wrote that
76-490: A large lecture theatre and a veterinary inspection area. The Society also planned to build a bacon factory in which pigs were shot with the humane killer. The model humane abattoir gained support from the National Council for Animals' Welfare . The Society stated that the meat from the abattoir was to sold by their own company. Duchess Nina Douglas-Hamilton was a vegetarian in her personal life but in 1928 became
95-491: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Howard Williams (humanitarian) Howard Williams (6 January 1837 – 21 September 1931) was an English humanitarianism and vegetarianism activist, historian, and writer. He was noted for authoring The Ethics of Diet , a history of vegetarianism , which was influential on the Victorian vegetarian movement. Williams
114-536: The Animal Defence Society was an animal welfare organisation, co-founded in England, in 1906, by Lizzy Lind af Hageby , and Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton . The objective of the Society was a "Consistent Opposition to all forms of Cruelty to Animals and Abolition of Vivisection". The Society was known for its support of humane slaughter. The Society's assets were transferred to
133-463: The "humane killer" and criticized the cruelty of the poleaxe. In 1924, a report they signed had found that that a pig had to be hit four times on the head before it was rendered unconscious and that the humane killer rendered twenty animals unconscious by the first shot. In 1925, it was reported that the Duchess of Hamilton had witnessed 52 animals being slaughtered in a single afternoon in pursuance of
152-622: The 1930s. In 1933, members of the Society's executive council included Sara Blomfield , Charlotte Despard , Douglas S. S. Steuart and Janette Ranken Thesiger . In 1959, the Society protested against a mass pigeon shoot throughout the East of England the Midlands. NC State University Libraries holds a large collection of pamphlets from the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society. Despite supporting total abolition of vivisection
171-516: The Society advocated reform of animal slaughter . The Society called for legislation making humane slaughter compulsory. The Society advertised its own "humane killer" for sale, a type of captive bolt pistol . In 1923, the Society advocated a statement of minimum slaughter reform that was sent to the Cabinet Committee . Their proposal was that local authorities should be under obligation to approve only types of human killers for use in
190-529: The Society opened the "Model Humane Abattoir" in Letchworth . The building was owned by the Society and was used to demonstrate humane slaughter and hygienic treatment of meat. It was designed by R. Stephen Ayling between 1925 and 1926. The humane model abattoir was built on a site covering two acres and planned to deal with 20,000 animals a year. The site contained a slaughter hall, lairs, cooling hall for cattle, general loading stage, chill rooms, engine room,
209-513: The Society organized an exhibition in London with demonstrations of humane killers. In 1939, the Society angered the poultry industry by campaigning against the use of battery cage hens. The Society stated that the hens are imprisoned in the battery system in a confined space with no contact with fresh air and grass. The Society campaigned for the abolition of private slaughterhouses and the creation of humanely-conducted public abattoirs. In 1929,
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#1732793323549228-753: The board for several years and authored the "Pioneers of humanity" section for the league's journal, which was later published as a popular pamphlet. He also served as the Vice-President of the London Vegetarian Society and was a board member of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society . Williams died in Aspley Guise , on 21 September 1931. Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society The Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society (ADAVS), also known as
247-448: The dog had been conscious throughout and in pain – led to a protracted scandal and a libel case, which the accused researcher won. The affair continued for several years, making a name both for Lind af Hageby and for the Society. The Society was associated with Hageby's International Humanitarian Bureau. It published The Anti-Vivisection and Humanitarian Review in 1929 and Progress Today: The Humanitarian and Anti-Vivisection Review in
266-475: The head of a humane butcher's shop. Following Lind af Hageby's death in December 1963, the Society's assets were transferred to a trust, The Animal Defence Trust, which continues to offer grants for animal-protection projects. The Animal Defence Trust registered as a charity in 1971. It describes itself as a "charity whose main aims are the welfare of animals and protection of them from cruelty and suffering,
285-409: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard_Williams&oldid=1169060502 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
304-474: The slaughterhouse within their districts and that inspectors should be allowed to enter the slaughterhouse to enforce the Act. They urged that all slaughtermen should be licensed and that any other method of killing animals for food should be prohibited. The Society opposed the use of the knife and poleaxe in slaughter. Lizzy Lind af Hageby and Duchess Nina Douglas-Hamilton both visited slaughterhouses and tested
323-525: The statutory use of the humane killer. The Society supported the Slaughter of Animals Act 1933. The humane killer gained support from slaughterhouse workers. John Dodds, superintendent of the Carlisle abattoir became an expert adviser to the Society in their campaign for compulsory use of the humane killer. The Society's Slaughter Reform Department consisted of John Dodds and Constance Warner. In 1937,
342-615: Was a born on 6 January 1837, in Whatley, Mendip , the fifth son of the Reverend Hamilton John Williams and Margaret Sophia; one of his older brothers was the priest and animal rights and vegetarianism activist Henry John Williams . He was home educated , then went on to study history at St John's College, Cambridge ; he earned his BA in 1860 and MA in 1863. Williams married Eliza Smith on 20 November 1860; she died around 1906. Williams' first book
361-474: Was published in 1865, entitled The Superstitions of Witchcraft . Williams became a vegetarian in 1872, as well as an anti-vivisectionist ; he published The Ethics of Diet , a history of vegetarianism , in 1883. Williams was the inspiration for and one of the founding members of the Humanitarian League , in 1891, which "opposed all avoidable suffering on any sentient being". He remained on
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