Mentions:
1: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) trapping and capturing of rodents; I am against the use of glue traps. - Speech Link
2: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) We strive for the very highest standards of animal welfare in Wales, and the use of snares and glue traps - Speech Link
3: Fairlie, Jim (SNP - Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) , it is an offence to knowingly cause or permit someone to use other types of illegal wildlife traps, - Speech Link
4: Fairlie, Jim (SNP - Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the use of snares on wild birds is prohibited except for where it - Speech Link
5: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which completely bans the use of snares for anything but rabbits - Speech Link
Mar. 12 2024
Source Page: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 27 September 2023: EIR releaseFound: The project is a proposal for the control of sheep scab through the use of serological test ing to guide
Mar. 04 2024
Source Page: Minister for Energy and Environment briefing notes for Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting: EIR releaseFound: Minister for Energy and Environment briefing notes for Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting: EIR
Mentions:
1: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) I am confident that a ban on the use of snares would not prevent anyone from undertaking necessary wildlife - Speech Link
2: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) consisting of a string with a running noose”. - Speech Link
3: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) a prohibition on the use of snares for birds under section 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 - Speech Link
4: Burgess, Ariane (Green - Highlands and Islands) A ban on snares would be a mark of the high regard that this country has for its iconic wildlife, so - Speech Link
5: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) or revocation of licences for wildlife trapping or the taking of grouse. - Speech Link
Report Nov. 20 2023
Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands CommitteeFound: Stage 1 report on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill This report sets out the Rural
Nov. 07 2023
Source Page: Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - use of snares and powers of Scottish SPCA inspectors: consultation analysisFound: Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill - use of snares and powers of Scottish SPCA inspectors
Oct. 31 2023
Source Page: Hunting with Dogs Consultation (November 2021): EIR releaseFound: There should be efforts made to increase the penalties associated with the illegal hunting of wildlife
Mentions:
1: None We know that trapping and snaring is a long-running and controversial issue. - Speech Link
2: Carson, Finlay (Con - Galloway and West Dumfries) Given the grave consequences of the inappropriate or illegal use of traps—again, we are looking at the - Speech Link
3: None of the use of certain wildlife traps?” - Speech Link
4: None Some people are ideologically opposed to use of traps for wildlife management. - Speech Link
5: None However, people are still using illegal snares, such as self-locking snares, which have been banned for - Speech Link
Found: Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill
Apr. 03 2023
Source Page: Wildlife management: consultation analysisFound: Wildlife management: consultation analysis