HUMANE TRAPPING
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Five years ago 1 founded the Fur Crusade, which has now +extended to most parts of the world. The number of leaflets sent out during the whole of this period has been just over a thousand a week. These contain a White List, which tells people exactly which furs are obtained in a humane way, and may therefore be worn with a clear conscience.
I also have a special leaflet describing humane methods of
trapping all animals, even vermin such as rats and moles. A correspondent has written saying that a rat trap which I recommended " has already been the means of saving about a dozen of these animals from screaming torture."
I am in great hopes that the new humane methods may be widely adopted for catching rabbits this season ; and am doing all in my power to support the new Bill, recently drafted by the University of London Animal Welfare Society, for the total abolition of the common steel trap, which has been the cause of so much unnecessary suffering. May I hope that the public will continue to help me to carry on this work ? I now have 133 annual subscribers to the fund but still more are needed. Any help in distributing leaflets would also be most welcome.
Wappenham, Tcaccester, Northants.
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