‘An incredibly vile sport’: campaigns against otter hunting in Britain, 1900–39

Allen, Daniel; Watkins, Charles; Matless, David

Abstract

Otter hunting was a minor field sport in Britain but in the early years of the twentieth century a lively campaign to ban it was orchestrated by several individuals and anti-hunting societies. The sport became increasingly popular in the late nineteenth century and the Edwardian period. This paper examines the arguments and methods used in different anti-otter hunting campaigns 1900–1939 by organisations such as the Humanitarian League, the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports and the National Association for the Abolition of Cruel Sports.

Citation

Allen, D., Watkins, C., & Matless, D. (2016). ‘An incredibly vile sport’: campaigns against otter hunting in Britain, 1900–39. Rural History, 27(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956793315000175

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 7, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Mar 3, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 1, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 1, 2016
• Journal: Rural History
• Print ISSN: 0956-7933
• Electronic ISSN: 0956-7933
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956793315000175
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/777467
• Publisher URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=10210822&fileId=S0956793315000175