Submitted by Naadja Hofmans Allan on Wednesday 20th November 2024
Published on Monday 23rd December 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Monday 23rd June 2025
Current Signatures: 24
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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And Scotland ~ Animals ~ Beloved ~ Countryside ~ England ~ Foxes ~ Government ~ Illegal ~ Inhumane ~ Injured ~ Pets ~ Quarter ~ Scotland ~ Studies ~ Target ~ THE MOMENT ~ Trap ~ Wales ~ Wales and Scotland
Make all types of animal snares illegal in England
At the moment self-locking snares are illegal, since the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, but I think that free-running snares should also be illegal, as they are in Wales and Scotland.
We believe that snares are very inhumane. It has been estimated that snares can kill 1.7 million animals per year. They can trap beloved pets, potentially causing them endless pain - in fact, a study also suggested that only a quarter of injured animals from snares are actually the intended target, normally foxes. We want the government to ban what we see as an inhumane mechanism that is still being used throughout England.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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