Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett

1953 Bray, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Source: Wicklow People, 27.06.1953

Miss Elizabeth Bobbett, MCC, congratulated the Society on its excellent work. Farmers appreciated the good work of the Society, because all farmers loved animals. Referring to overfeeding of animals, she said that some people, especially in towns, were cruel to their dogs through overfeeding them, and not giving them sufficient exercise. The population of horses in the country was falling, she continued. It was dropping every year, and last year it had dropped by 23,000. There was very little encouragement to breed horses, and mechanisation was ousting the horse from the farm. In a couple of years’ time, if the present trend continued, the problem of exporting horses for slaughter would not exist. Something should be done to encourage farmers to breed horses and not allow them to die out altogether.

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This volume of Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s writings and speeches is divided into four parts. The first section comprises 321 texts written by her. The second part contains 150 speeches and statements by Bobbett, most of which were published in newspapers. Part 3 contains 727 texts written about Bobbett by contemporaries of her or addressed to her. Finally, Part 4 is a collection of 50 source texts that are important for understanding Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s activism. Parts 3 and 4 will be made available online in March 2027.

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Elizabeth Bobbett: Speech in Bray, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1953, in: Peter Moser (ed.), In her own Words. The Writings of Elizabeth F. Bobbett (1898-1971). Farmer, Feminist and Public Figure, Bern, 2026, https://www.histoirerurale.ch/editions/pages/bobbett/1953-06-27-351.html, consulted on .

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