All Outputs (2)

The Hunted Otter in Britain, 1830-1939 (2016)
Book Chapter
Allen, D. (2016). The Hunted Otter in Britain, 1830-1939. In Wild Things Nature and the Social Imagination (120-141). The White Horse Press

"Wild Things: Nature and the Social Imagination" assembles eleven substantive and original essays on the cultural and social dimensions of environmental history. They address a global cornucopia of social and ecological systems, from Africa to Europe... Read More about The Hunted Otter in Britain, 1830-1939.

An incredibly vile sport: Campaigns against Otter Hunting in Britain, 1900-39 (2016)
Journal Article
Matless, D., Allen, D., & Watkins, C. (2016). An incredibly vile sport: Campaigns against Otter Hunting in Britain, 1900-39. Rural History, 79 -101. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956793315000175

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 ninetee... Read More about An incredibly vile sport: Campaigns against Otter Hunting in Britain, 1900-39.