Active Opposition to Hunting in the South West – a History yet to be Written

By Michael Tichelar

Issue 01 (New Series), Summer 2018 pp 44-51

“The South West of England was prominent in the campaign to ban blood sports in the second half of the twentieth century. The Hunt Saboteurs Association and Save Our Stags, an organisation established to oppose deer hunting in Devon and Somerset, were both born in the region”. Tichelar looks at the people behind the movement, and how it has shaped the area’s approaches to wildlife and conservation.

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