Two leading animal welfare charities in Scotland are urging their supporters to contact Scotland’s Environment Minister, urging her to ban all snares, including the cynically renamed ‘humane cable restraints’.
Environment Minister Gillian Martin MSP is currently deliberating a complete ban on snares as part of the Government’s Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. A public consultation closed recently on the use of snares (see here) but campaigners fear that the Government is in danger ‘of being hoodwinked by a plot to simply rename snares as ‘humane restraint cables”.
This recent briefing note (here) from the charity Scottish Badgers to the Rural Affairs Committee eloquently explains the problem with so-called ‘humane restraint cables’ and why they should be banned. [Ed: update – this briefing note from OneKind is also excellent – read here]
Animal welfare charities The League Against Cruel Sports and OneKind, both members of REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform, have set up an e-action for Scotland-based supporters to contact the Minister, urging her to ban all types of snares, including ‘humane restraint cables’.
We know that Scottish Land & Estates has sent a letter signed by ‘150 land managers’ to the Minister opposing a ban on snares and ‘humane cable restraints’ (although I’ve yet to see a copy of it – FoI response is pending) so here’s a chance to let the Minister hear from those who support a ban on ALL snares.
If you’re based in Scotland, please consider joining in with the e-action HERE
UPDATE 13.35hrs: A ‘Humane cable restraint’ is still a snare, it’s just been rebranded to sound less archaic (here)
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Humane cable restraints? This must be creative writing from Cloud Cuckoo Land.
We sooooo need to embrace nature again, get rid of these barbaric traps !
I would hope that Environment Minister Gillian Martin MSP is not so completely thick (or corrupted) to be bamboozled by the Scottish Land & Estates’ letter.
[Ed: She’s far from either]
E mail also sent, please consider doing this if you live in Scotland.
It only took a couple of minutes and could make a huge difference to a total.ban.