WOMEN'S INSTITUTES AND HUMANE METHODS [To the Editor of the
SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have read with interest in your paper of the corn• petition for the most efficient and humane rabbit snare instituted by the R.S.P.C.A. May I suggest a method of
spreading its use, when it has been found ? It seems to me it is a -matter with which the Women's Institute might well concern itself.
It is hardly necessary to point out that a body of country women distributed over the whole of the British Isles must have a very great influence over matters sporting and agri- cultural.
If lectures on the advantages of the humane snare were inserted in the programme of every institute, and the members urged to recommend it to their men folk, might not the effect be very far-reaching ?—I am, Sir, &c., BETTY V. BATCHELOR.
Hill Wootton House, near Warwick.
[We agree with the writer. The Women's Institutes of Great Britain can render priceless service to the cause of the humane treatment of animals. Only last week we heard of a Women's Institute which was taking an active part in demanding the introduction of humane slaughter in the district concerned. Whatever our politics the long overdue introduction of humane slaughter is one we can all work for.—En., Spectator.]
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