National Anti-Snaring Campaign - Snares Latest
1.11.08: Bloodsport Extremists Target Anti-Snare Campaigner
AN anti snare activist's car has been damaged by bloodsport extremists he has crossed during his 17-year campaign.
John Gill, of County Durham, waged war against the use of snares when his dog died after getting caught by one.
He travels around the North-East cutting snares to stop them injuring deer, badgers, foxes as well as family pets.
But yesterday morning he woke to find his Vauxhall Corsa with three of its tyres slashed and all the windows smashed. Vandals also broke one of the vehicle’s headlights.
Mr Gill, 60, said: “There is no doubt in my mind that this has been done by someone to stop me cutting the snares.
Badger Snare Cruelty Case Goes to Court
A Case in which a 58-year-old man is accused of snaring and beating to death six badgers with a blunt instrument, has been continued for a second time without plea at Dumfries Sheriff Court.
Anthony Rogers, of Breconside Farm, Moffat, faces a total of nine charges at Dumfries Sheriff Court, six of them under the Protection of Badgers Act and two under the Wildlife and Countryside Act in connection with the deaths of the animals.
It is alleged in six charges that between January 1 and April 4 he snared and killed the badgers at Crockett Wood at the farm and a further charge alleges he cruelly ill-treated the animals. more...
League's Report Released into Snaring in Scotland
A damning report by the League Against Cruel Sports has been released revealing the shocking extent of wildlife persecution as a result of snaring in Scotland.
The report, Blood on the Wire, is a culmination of four years of investigations into snaring practices on estates north of the border. The results show a gruesome catalogue of wildlife killing and suffering as well as regulatory system which is failing.
Who is setting homemade snares?
The RSPCA is warning local cat owners in Old Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, North Wales, to be on their guard after a cat returned home twice entangled in an illegal snare.
RSPCA Inspector Kevin Paton is investigating the incidents. He said: "I would urge anyone with information about who is setting these snares to please get in contact with me.
"It is of real concern that someone is going out of their way to make these snares and is then setting them, possibly in a residential area. Pet owners should be on their guard and I would ask anyone who sees a snare to please give the RSPCA a call. For more information visit RSPCA website
DEFRA Snare Madness
DEFRA are paying £119,420 of taxpayers money to amongst others the bloodsport group the Game Conservancy Trust to 'research' the humaneness of snares.
The Game Conservancy Trust, or as they have rebranded themselves - the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust - has amongst its sponsers Mitsubishi Motors, who also sponser another bloodsport group.
What DEFRA fail to realise is that snares are not set under laboratory conditions and no gamekeeper or snarer is under any obligation to abide by codes of practice.
At Stockbridge, Hampshire last year, after numerous badgers were killed by snares, the gamekeeper simply denied setting them to escape prosecution. At Cawdor earlier this year, gamekeepers again denied setting snares after dozens of hares were found dead in snares.
Fox Rescued From a Snare
We found this excellent video on YouTube.
GAMEKEEPER Clubbed Snared Badgers to Death
Kempton Estate gamekeeper Kyle Burden, 19, of Lydbury North, Shropshire, who killed birds of prey and clubbed snared badgers to death could be sent to prison.
Burden had set spring traps to catch birds of prey and snares to catch foxes and badgers. One witness saw the clubbing of badgers taking place. Badgers had been caught in snares and were then clubbed to death.” more...
New Gin Trap Pet Horrors
1. Cat Injured in Illegal Snare
A VICIOUS snare maimed a helpless family pet close to a North Yorkshire beauty spot. A warning has been issued after an injured cat was found in the "gin trap" close to Rievaulx Abbey, near Helmsley. more...
2. Cat's Leg Amputated After Gin Trap Horror
In Thornton, Lancashire, a distressed couple were left horrified after their cat was trapped in an illegal "barbaric contraption" and had to have its leg amputated.
Hayley and Stephen Morrell, of Sandwell Avenue, Thornton, are warning children and other pet owners to watch out after their cat, Henry, was caught in a gin trap yards from their home. more...
3. Gin Trap Horror for Cat
In Penzance, a cat returned home screaming in great pain with a gin trap attached to its foot. The cat's owners were unable to free him and had to take him to the vet with the trap attached. more...
Cawdor Estate: Mountain Hares Snare Slaughter
The Scottish parliament has recently decided not to ban snares in Scotland. View this investigation by the LACS and NASC into the Cawdor Esate, Inverness, Scotalnd, and see if you think they were right.
Uncovered: Countless rotting bodies of mountain hares still in the snares. These snares were a mile from where a member of the public found snares, and due to the vastness of the grouse estate, it is likely that hundreds of snares exist. more...
Anger at Britain's Worst Ever Snaring Incident
The National Anti-Snaring Campaign (NASC) has condemned the decision not to prosecute two gamekeepers suspected of illegally killing at least six badgers with snares. The case is believed to be the worst ever badger snaring incident in the UK.
An investigation by the NASC and League Against Cruel Sports exposed how the badgers – a protected species – died after becoming trapped in snares set on the Heath House Estate at Stockbridge, Hampshire. more...
Lord Palmer's Manderston House and Cruel Fenn Trap
NASC has received correspondence from Lord Palmer who is keen to resolve any issue of illegal trapping and snaring on his estate.
However, Lord Palmer would not give an undertaking to request his tenant to remove all snares on the estate and so unfortunately badgers are still in danger at Manderston. more...
Angmering Park Estate's Fenn Trap Rabbit Horror
NASC investigators checking the Angmering Park Estate, Arundel came across a rabbit caught in Fenn Trap. Despite being trapped by its head the unfortunate creature was still alive but obviously in a lot of pain demonstrating once again that legal spring traps are inhumane.
Despite freeing the rabbit from the trap and rushing it to a vets it died overnight. updated..
More than 12,300 animals are killed in the UK by gamekeepers every day for the benefit of the shooting interests. Only a small percentage of wildlife crimes is ever detected.
The UK is one of only five European members that still allow animal snares to be used. Ireland, France, Spain and Belgium have far stricter snare rules compared to the UK.
Almost 70 per cent of animals caught in snares are not the intended targets. No DEFRA official has ever checked to see if a snare fulfils their own code of practice and are lawful.
