18 JUNE 1927, page 12

Country Life And Sport

A CRCEL TRAFFIC. An organized cruelty, new in its scope and effects, is vexing the spirits of dwellers in the West of England and Wales, especially in " Little England beyond......

Such Are Some Of The Results Of The Trapping, But

the cardinal offence is the cruelty inflicted by the steel traps on the rabbits. Exactly what happens in many parts is this : a trapper makes a large contract for the supply of......

Of Recent Years The Traffic In Rabbits Has Become A

consider- able trade. The skim are more valuable than they used to be , and the animal is not less esteemed for food. In consequence trapping, both on an amateur and......

The Trapping Will Continue, Will Even Extend, Unless Very...

steps are taken. The trade is of considerable dimen- sions and a good many people make profit out of it. In Pembrokeshire an organized attempt is to be made to acquire powers......

No Class In The Community Is More Grievously Wounded In

sentiment or more bitterly indignant that such cruelties should be permitted than the doctors. As they drive at night, they frequently hear, as one of them said, the human-like......

It Is At First Sight A Little Surprising To Find

the multiplication of rabbits coinciding with the increased trade in their corpses. The reason seems to be that their natural enemies are killed off—foxes, stoats, weasels and......

If The Thing Is To Be Stopped—and It Is Difficult

to imagine a humane community allowing it to continue—I see no solution except the prohibition of the steel trap. Less cruel traps exist, though inventors have not been......

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