A Memorial to the Kingdom of Dogs
A record of the names of some of Pavlov’s dogs
The names of many of Pavlov’s dogs survive in historical archives, and here we bring them all together in one place for the first time, presented as a memorial.
Why a memorial?
Naming is a significant act — a direct way of challenging the objectification of experimental animals.
The hundred or so names in the memorial represent just a fraction of the countless dogs that spent their lives in Pavlov’s laboratories, and the millions of experimental animals in the past and today, that have found themselves the subjects of research.
Our memorial is not a celebration or valorisation of their sacrifice. It is an attempt to recognise the extent of Pavlov’s animal experiment enterprise and personalise the dogs involved.