Snares and Trap News

Dog owners assisting anti-snare campaign

The National Anti Snaring Campaign receives most of its best tip offs from dog walkers. Many will have found their dog has run off during a walk and are horrified to find them in a snare
Snare ban call after dog loses leg

The owner of a dog whose leg had to be amputated after being caught in a snare has called for them to be banned.
Cat loses its leg in a rabbit snare

The owners of a cat which had to have her leg amputated believe the injuries were caused by a rabbit snare trap.
Cat rescued from illegal snare

A cat had to be treated for injuries to its front paw after it was trapped in an illegal snare on a housing estate near Torquay.
Probe after deer killed by illegal snare

An investigation has begun after the remains of a deer, which had been caught in an illegal homemade snare, were found in Motherwell.
Dog attack suspected after mutilated snared badger

An investigation is under way after the mutilated body of a badger was found in a Hertford wood. The badger had a snare around its waist which was attached to a stake on a badger sett.
Snared cat in agony for days

A cat survived for four agonising days with its neck caught in a cruel snare. Two-year-old Jet was trapped in a ditch by a wire noose which tightened round his neck until he was struggling to breathe.
Call to end use of snares after badger death

The need to ban snares was underlined by the agonising death of a badger on the Isle of Wight, campaigners said
Nine-year-old girl discovers her pet kitten killed by a snare

A distraught pet owner has pleaded for people to stop setting illegal snares after her kitten was killed.
Injured puppy ‘caught in snare’ is rehomed

Mongrel puppy Fortune has been rehomed by Blue Cross after one of her back legs was badly damaged and we think she’d been caught in a snare trap.