STEEL TRAPS BARRED.
In one of the greatest demonstrations of public feeling for animals ever registered at the polls, citizens of Massachusetts overwhelmingly passed the anti-steel trap bill by their referendum, November 4, 1930. The vote was 589,013 in favour of the restrictive measure, and 259,014 against. With the counting of the final ballots, the steel trap made its last bow in the Bay State. Led by Francis H. Rowley, president, Howard Noble, managingdirector, and, principally, Mrs. Edward Breck, widow of the late Lt.-Commander Breck, who founded the national league, the Anti-Steel Trap League, Massachusetts Division, performed a lion’s share of the work to bring victory. Massachusetts did herself proud at the ballot-box, and other states may without fear follow her example. —American Nature Magazine.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 23, 1 March 1931, Page 14
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125STEEL TRAPS BARRED. Forest and Bird, Issue 23, 1 March 1931, Page 14
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