National animal welfare charity the League Against Cruel Sports has welcomed the ban on snares which comes into force in Scotland on Monday 25 November. It called on the UK government to deliver on its manifesto commitment and ban these barbaric traps in England as well.

The League has campaigned successfully with partners in recent years to get snares banned in both Scotland and Wales, leaving England and Northern Ireland as the only countries in the UK where they remain legal.

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    6 days ago

    @GreyShuck
    Really good news! Snaring animals is a horribly cruel practice. I’ve had to release badgers and a dog from snares. Thank you Scotland for this ban.

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    5 days ago

    @GreyShuck On the surface, good.

    However banning without *enforcement* is performative. Scotgov, under SNP control, is NOTABLE for it’s performative toothless ‘laws’ to allegedly aid social causes.

    Meanwhile it substantially supports landlords, gamekeepers, ‘landowners,’ golfing clubs, the car lobby, the tourism lobby etc, in their erosion of any form of stable social and humanitarian rights