Published Date:
01 July 2009
IN the UK, it is still legal to hang wild animals by the neck.
Vast numbers of snares are deployed by gamekeepers every year in their war against the wildlife in our countryside.
It is legal to trap a wild animal in a snare by the neck for up to 48 hours without access to food or water.
The code of snaring good practice says that all snares should be inspected, preferably twice a day, but that just does not happen.
It is high time that our wild animals were protected by law from this cruelty.
Douglas Batchelor,
Chief executive,
League Against Cruel Sports.
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Last Updated:
01 July 2009 10:22 AM
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Source:
n/a
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Location:
South Shields
