21 OCTOBER 1949, Page 18

The Steel-Toothed Trap

Snt,—The R.S.P.C.A. fully shares Mr. Scott's view of this matter, but I wonder what his reaction, and those of your readers, would be to the attitude of the chairman of a Bench who, when we brought before him a case of setting traps in the open, said "It is time the R.S.P.C.A. used some common sense." Our inspector pointed out that he was there to administer the law, and the defendant was fined ten shillings. It is not the habit of the R.S.P.C.A. to criticise magistrates, but this case is such a glaring one that we feel the attention of the public should be drawn to

los lernlytt Street, S.W.'. Chief Secretary, R.S.P.C.A.