Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 21362
Animal Welfare: Trapping
Tabled: 19 December 2024
Answered: 7 January 2025
Question
Jo Platt
Labour (Co-op) — Leigh and Atherton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made implications for his policies of the risks to companion animals in England posed by the use of snare traps.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 prohibits the setting of snares in England where they are likely to catch non-target species such as companion animals. Anyone using snares also has a responsibility under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to ensure that th...
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