Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society
A demonstration on 19 March 1910 in Trafalgar Square, London, in support of the Brown Dog. The society's banner can be seen on Nelson's Column in the background. | |
| Formation | 1906 |
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| Dissolved | 1971 |
| Focus | Animal protection, animal welfare |
The Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society (ADAVS), also known as 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 a charity, The Animal Defence Trust that was registered in 1971.