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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Dalton

RSPCA hails ‘milestone week’ as £5,000 fines introduced and glue traps banned

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The RSPCA is hailing what it calls “a milestone week” for animal welfare as three new long-fought for animal protection measures become law.

The use of glue traps, condemned by campaigners as “crude devices that cause horrific suffering”, will be banned in England - although with two loopholes.

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