Snares are still widely used by the shooting industry to ensure there are enough ‘game’ birds to be shot for so-called ‘sport’. These indiscriminate killers trap up to 1,700,000 animals every year with only a quarter of those being the intended targets.

The Welsh government banned snares in 2023, and the Scottish government’s ban has now come into force as well. England is lagging behind, and animals are suffering because of it. It’s time for that to change.

The UK government committed, in its manifesto, to ban the use of snares in England but we don’t yet know when that will happen.

Please write to your MP and ask them to put pressure on the Environment Secretary to fulfil his pledge to ban snares in England.

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