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rabbits have been caught in this way on the property 

 of Mr. Lloyd Price at Rhiwlas, near Bala, and re- 

 moved without pain from fields and gardens, where 

 they were doing mischief, to the warren, where they 

 were liberated uninjured. 



Another humane way of catching rabbits in warrens 

 by means of a pitfall has been already described (see 

 p. 76). 



During the month of September, 1894, a corre- 

 spondence was carried on in The Field for some 

 weeks on the subject of ' Humane Rabbit-traps,' and 

 a particular trap so-called was recommended by 

 Captain J. Dunbar Brander. Several correspondents, 

 however, who experimented with it expressed unfavour- 

 able opinions, and although regarded by some as 

 theoretically good, it was found by others to be practi- 

 cally useless. Writing on this subject in The Field of 

 September 15, 1894, Lieut.-Col. Butler, of Brettenham 

 Park, Bildeston, Suffolk, remarked : 



' I strongly recommend those who have taken part 

 in the correspondence on this subject to try the 

 Brailsford trap, which catches all kinds of vermin alive 

 and uninjured, and is far more effective and durable 

 than any other trap I have yet seen. It consists of a 

 wire cage very strongly made, and open at both ends, 

 the doors being kept up by a simple]method of setting. 



