{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"o600adQCK4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/league\/\">League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/league\/embed\/#?secret=o600adQCK4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"o600adQCK4\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1924F580mini.jpg","thumbnail_width":579,"thumbnail_height":200,"description":"Pure Henry Brown Amos &amp; Ernest Bell &#8211; a very rare survivor &#8211; the only example we have seen in the past 40+ years of collecting these old AR related items. Ernest Bell Library item &#8211; League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports Badge &#8211; circa 1924 Brass &amp; Blue Vitreous Enamel 25 mm wide by 20.5 mm high The 4 animals are &#8211; a Stag &#8211; a Hare &#8211; an Otter &#8211; a Fox. The League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports (LPCS) was the successor of the Humanitarian League &#8211; which was wound up in 1919. ~ The demise of the Humanitarian League came about as a result of the first world war and in 1919 it disbanded. However, as Salt wrote in 1930: \u201cIts long effort to ameliorate certain sports was not in reality wasted and has now been made evident by the success of a later League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports\u201c. ~ Much more &#8211; here. The League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports &#8211; became &#8211; the League Against Cruel Sports. &#8230;&#8230;. Our 3 Main Projects The Henry Salt Archive is one of our, almost completed, projects. The Humanitarian League is our Hong [&hellip;]"}