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.

By law, every snare must be checked EVERY 24 hours. In Scotland, animals must be removed from snares when checked even if they are dead. more...

Gamekeeper Arrested Over Badger Deaths

A gamekeeper has been arrested following the deaths of six badgers in Dumfries and Galloway.

Police and wildlife welfare officers raided a farm near Moffat after a tip-off that snares were being laid and the protected animals being killed. more...

The news comes weeks after the NASC revealed that two gamekeepers, on the Heath House Estate, escaped prosecution after six badgers died in snares on the estate.

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 National Anti Snaring Campaign 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...

ACTION ALERTS

Find a Humane Alternative to Killing Grey Squirrels

The Ark Wildlife Hospital have set up an E-Petition calling on the PM to find an alternative to the senseless killing grey squirrels. We would urge all our supporters to sign it: Sign the Petition Here.

SNARE EDM 314

Please contact your MP today, asking him or her to put their name to EDM 314 calling for an end to the manufacture, sale and use of all snares. For details on how to contact your MP and download a draft letter visit the LACS Alert.

BADGER CULL

Petition the Prime Minister to stop DEFRA's badger slaughter plans. Sign Here

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...

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. He has asked Christian Korstan, his Dutch shooting tenant, to see that Fenn trap openings are reduced to exclude non target species, and also asked Mr Korstan to remove snares from a pond area where investigators had seen badger movement.

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..

Scotland - BARBARITY CONTINUES

The SNP Environment Minister Michael Russell has ignored Scottish public opinion and refused to ban barbaric snares.

See: BBC NEWS

Animal Concern's John Robins said: "This highlights the need to take animal welfare issues away from the minister who really represents farmers, landowners, gamekeepers and fishery interests." more...