Snares
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Snares |
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We make no apology for heading this page with a picture of the horrific injuries caused to this badger when caught in a snare in Buckinghamshire. As you can see, the snare took hold round the badger's abdomen, just behind the front legs. Sometimes they take hold round the neck and throat, or round a leg. The result is always appalling injuries and usually lingering death. This badger must have struggled for a very long time, and would have taken hours to die in the most unspeakable agony. This was a legal snare. It's not just badgers that are caught in snares - they don't discriminate between all manner of wildlife as well as domestic pets and farm animals. If this single picture hasn't convinced you of the need to have the use of all snares banned in Britain, then visit www.antisnaring.org.uk, where you can read more about them. You can also vote online by signing the anti-snare petition, the first 60,000 signatures of which were presented at Downing Street on 13 June 2002. As a result an Early Day Motion (EDM number 1502) has been tabled in parliament calling for a total ban. You can see the motion and which MPs have signed it here. From the same site you can also download the NFBG's report "The Case for a Ban on Snares", which is also available on their own site at www.badger.org.uk. This document gives an in depth analysis of the different types of snare, the law relating to snares, the harm they cause and what ought to be done about them.
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