Furry campaigners ask Labour to speak up for a Snare-Free Scotland

Friday, 26 March 2010 10:49

Our furry campaigners – Harriet Hare and Fergus Fox - will be out and about again this weekend, this time in Glasgow, in a bid to bolster Scottish Labour support for a ban on snares in Scotland. The giant furry ‘animals’ will be meeting politicians and welcoming delegates to their annual Party Conference at Glasgow’s Science Centre this Saturday (27 March).

The animals will be warming up the delegates in time for a major new Advocates for Animals campaign to ban snares in Scotland, due to launch this spring.   The new initiative will focus on forthcoming wildlife legislation in Scotland: the Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill. Advocates for Animals believes that Scotland can set an example for the rest of the UK, so that in time the whole nation will be free of these cruel and indiscriminate traps.

Supportive Scottish Labour MSP Irene Oldfather, who will join the giant furry ‘animals’ on Saturday, said: “My colleagues and I are delighted to say we will be speaking up for a snare-free Scotland, for as long as necessary.  The suffering that these primitive traps cause to Scotland’s wild animals, as well as our farmed animals and pets, is simply unacceptable. The Scottish Government must listen to public opinion and realise that the only way to stop this suffering is to ban these traps outright, not to tinker around with regulations.”

If, like 79% of people, you agree that snares should be banned, please sign our pledge and SPEAK-UP for a Snare-Free Scotland.