Trapping: Regulation
Commons · Question 120390 · Tabled 12 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has her Department made in reviewing traps aside from snares used to catch wildlife.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 19 Mar 2026
In the Animal Welfare Strategy, published in December 2025, the Government committed to ban the use of snares in England and conduct a review of other traps used to catch wildlife in England for which welfare concerns have been raised. The Animal and Plan...