30 MAY 1931, Page 20

TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS FOR FUR.

At the annual meeting of the National Federation of Women's Institutes at the Albert Hall, where some 8,000 women delegates from all over the country were assembled, the following resolution was carried :-- That in view of the sufferings entailed by the present methods of trapping wild animals for fur, the women of England should be urged to ask for and, when possible, to buy only humanely farmed furs, or other furs humanely obtained, and so discourage cruelty and encourage employment in the British industry." A similar movement to discourage the steel trap, which torturesbut does not kill, is now being started in Canada.— C. VAN DER BYL (Major), Founder of the Fur Crusade, Wappenham House, Toweester, Northants.