Snares are archaic traps that were used across the UK, are now banned in Wales and Scotland but still in use in England and Northern Ireland.

Wire snare set near pheasants pens on shooting estate.

In 2016 OneKind published a report Cruel and Indiscriminate: why Scotland must become snare-free, analysing the use of snares in Scotland since the 2011 legislation and their impact of animal welfare.

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