Animal Welfare: Trapping

(asked on 30th November 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made in (a) reviewing the effectiveness of her Department's Code of Practice on the use of snares and (b) improving operator compliance with that Code.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 2nd December 2015

In 2012 Defra published research on the extent of use and humaneness of snares in England and Wales. Following publication of the report, officials worked with stakeholders to explore options to improve the humaneness of snaring. Ministers are currently considering these options, including the issue of improved guidance on snaring.

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