10 OCTOBER 1925, Page 22

POLE TRAPS AND RATS

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Pole traps, in addition to numerous other victims, kill brown owls, whose favourite food is young rats. Rats eat eggs, young birds and pheasant food, but the presence and depredations of this greatest enemy of game- preservers and destroyer of the food supplies of the country are usually ignored by master and keepers alike. In this way game pre- serving, which should benefit the country, only helps to increase this destructive, veracious and prolific rodent.—I am,