Campaigners are demanding an outright ban on the use of lethal snares after the aftermath of a badger’s slow, agonising death was caught on film.
The badger shown here was caught in a trap, which remains around its abdomen despite the desperate animal somehow tearing it from its anchor on the ground. It is believed to have endured a long painful death before being found in a wood in Lanarkshire in recent weeks.
The League Against Cruel Sports believes such suffering is a common occurrence and is demanding that the Scottish Government looks at an outright ban on snares as part of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, which is being considered at Parliament now. Robbie Marsland, the League’s director, said all snaring should be banned, given that even legal use of snares can be seen to cause huge suffering.
