Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 28735

Trapping: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of snares on animal welfare.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra recognises many people in this country have concerns about the use of snares on animal welfare and bans have now been brought into place in Scotland and Wales. Wildlife management is a devolved matter which means that the Scottish and Welsh Governme...

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