Snare Gallery - Victims of Gamekeepers
Rare Albino badger caught by snare. The Mardens, West Sussex. Ref: 01
AB snare drag pole. Norton, Malton, North Yorks. 22 April 2002. Ref: 02
Badger had escaped injured from a snare. Easebourne, Midhurst. Ref: 03
Jasper severed tongue escaping from snare. Devon, Exeter. Ref: 04
Illegal(?) AB Snare.
Fox in strangled in self locking snare in Cheshire. Note broken leg.
Self locking snare kills fox by strangulation in Cheshire
self locking snares are illegal, so look out for them!
Deer found dead. Slindon, West Sussex. Ref: 05
Investigating snares at a pheasant pen. Ref: 06
This badger dragged pole and snare. Goodwood Estate. Ref: 07
Badger seriously injured by snare. Egton Whitby. Ref: 08
Badger with injury caused by self-locking snare. Cowthorpe
Badger with snare round middle at Kingly Vale.
Ref: 09
Badger caught by two AB snares. Swaledale, North Yorks. Ref: 10
Badger injured by AB snare. Stoke Mandeville.
Ref: 11
Snared badger at Dunecht Estate Scotland. April 2004
Badger (alive). Losworth, West Sussex.
Ref: 12
Cat caught by snare. Photo: RSPCA.
Fox killed by snare across its stomach. Photo: LACS.
Snared rabbit in Wales. March 04
Badger family wiped out by snares. Thirsk, N. Yorks. Ref: 13
John Gill, Campaigner. Consett, County Durham. Ref: 14
Buckinghamshire Source: Bucks Badger Group
Snared Badger on Atherfield Farm, Isle of Wight. Summer 1994.
"Warning - Vermin Traps Set". Bignor, W. Sussex. Ref: 15
Badger died beside Peak Rail Line, Darleydale on 1 Sept. 1994.
Cat snared round leg. West Dean, West Sussex. 3 Dec. 1997
Snared Badger. snare attached to anchorage point. Cirigidion
Badger snared on fence found by Essex Badger Group.
Shropshire Badger
Vermin Control Sign
Coyote in snare in USA
Snared Beaver In USA.
References
Ref: 01 - Rare Albino badger required dozens of stitches after being caught in a snare at The Mardens, West Sussex in 1995. Treated at Alphapet Veterinary Clinic, Bognor Regis.
Ref: 02 - Source: David Dunne.
Ref: 03 - This badger took refuge in an outside toilet of a Rotherfield Garage at Easebourne, Midhurst, West Sussex on 7th August 1998. It had escaped from a snare that had injured its neck. The resulting foul smelling wound had weakened it and it had probably been forced out of the sett by a dominant boar.
Ref: 04 - Cat that was lucky to escape with its life on 8th January 2002, Exeter, Devon. Jasper severed part of his tongue after trying to bite the wire. Returned after Christmas with snare around his neck. Photo: Richard Austin.
Ref: 05 - 27 May 1995. Slindon, West Sussex. This deer was discovered dead. It had dragged a snare and a pole for an unknown distance before snagging on a tree.
Ref: 06 - September 1996 near Kingly Vale. Investigating the above incident, we found several snares around a pheasant pen nearby. They were illegal self-locking, and attached to flimsy poles.
Ref: 07 - This badger dragged the attached pole and snare hundreds of yards before being strangled on the Goodwood Estate, W. Sussex on 13 May 1996. A post mortem showed a snaring injury from a year before which had fractured the sternebrae. Post mortem by Richard Edwards, MSc MA VetMB MRCVS. He stated: "I believe that this animal underwent a considerable degree of suffering."
Ref: 08 - This badger was found by the side of the road in June 2001, Egton Whitby. It had been seriously injured by a snare. Source: Rydale Badger Group.
Ref: 09 - This badger was discovered knocked down on the road with a snare cut off, but still around its middle near Kingly Vale, Chichester, West Sussex. 11th September 1996.
Ref: 10 - Badger caught in two AB snares. Source: David Dunn. Gunnerside, Swaledale, Norh Yorks. 20th February 1999.
Ref: 11 - Bucks Badger Group: Mike Collard.
Ref: 12 - This badger was found alive at Lodsworth, W. Sussex with a punctured windpipe, deep neck wound and scalped. Free- running snares were found nearby around a pheasant pen. A gamekeeper's discarded snares were found with several frayed and twisted snares, including animal flesh and badger hair in the strands.
24th September 1997.
Ref: 13 - North Riding Badger Group Field Officer, Chris Peacock with entire badger family wiped out by snares, Boltby, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire. All dumped in a river to hide evidence. One had tongue severed and bottom jaw ripped off. Photo: Darlington Northern Echo. 16th April 1994.
Ref: 14 - Anti snare campaigner, John Gill, was attacked in his own home following his one-man campaign to rid the Northumberland countryside of snares. 21st September, 2001.
Ref: 15 - Whenever you see a sign like this, always take a closer look!
