Putting Animals into Politics

The Labour Party and Hunting in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

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ID8110673
AuthorsMichael Tichelar (University of the West of England, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume17
Issue2
Pages213-234
Publication date2006-09-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRural History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-7933 • E-ISSN: 1474-0656
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0956793306001889
OpenAlexW2089919178
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This article will discuss the background to opposition to hunting within the Labour Party before the Second World War, and in particular the role of the Humanitarian League and its successor the League Against Cruel Sports. It will highlight internal tensions of class and ideology that are still current today. It will examine the fate of two private members bills introduced in 1949 designed to prohibit hunting and coursing. Both bills were heavily defeated after the intervention of the Labour Government. This article will examine the reasons the post-war Labour Government used to oppose the bills before drawing some general conclusions about the Labour movement and blood sports. It will be argued that the primary reason why the bills were defeated was the strong desire of the Government to preserve its relationship with the farmers and the wider rural community

Consolidation (business · Economics · Government (linguistics · Ideology · League · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Successor cardinal · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Law

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