American Anti-Vivisection Society

American Anti-Vivisection Society
Formation1883
Headquarters801 Old York Road, Suite 204
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, 19046
President
Sue A. Leary
Websitewww.aavs.org

The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) is a Jenkintown, Pennsylvania-based animal protectionism organization created with the goal of eliminating a number of different procedures done by medical and cosmetic groups in relation to animal cruelty in the United States. It seeks to help the betterment of animal life and human-animal interaction through legislation reform. It was the first anti-vivisection organization founded in the United States.[1]

  1. ^ Alethea Bowser. "The animal rights movement in America : Lawrence Finsen : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Retrieved 2020-01-30.