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MPs to debate petition to ban wildlife snares

Lawmakers are set to debate proposals made by wildlife protection organisations to ban the use of snares, Westminster announced on Friday. The call to ban snares will be debated by MPs on Monday 9 January in Westminster Hall after over 100,000 people signed a government e-petition to outlaw the cruel contraptions.  […]

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100k petition signatures in call for government to ban snares

Wildlife protection organisations are celebrating reaching a major milestone in the campaign to ban animal snares. Over 100,000 people have now signed a government petition to outlaw the cruel contraptions, which the government is understood to be considering debating in Westminster. Snares are routinely set to aid the killing of foxes […]

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Halifax campaigners call for a ban on cruel animal snares

Campaigners from Wild Moors took to the streets of Halifax at the weekend to call on the government to ban the use of animal snares. Volunteers from the wildlife protection organisation gathered at Woolshops, near the Duke of Wellington memorial, to urge the public to take action and sign Animal Aid’s […]

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Defra will consider tightening the rules on snares

An evidence review will be held into the rules on snares the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has confirmed. It follows a renewed campaign by Animal Aid, which is being supported by Wild Moors, League Against Cruel Sports and other wildlife protection organisations, to outlaw the use of the […]