Trapping: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 28735 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
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
Answered by Mary Creagh, 12 Feb 2025
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...