The use of snares and glue traps has been banned in Wales from today, in a UK first. The Welsh government says the move marks an "historic day for animal welfare". Rural affairs minister ...

Only a small number of land managers are know to use the traps for controlling certain wildlife, such as foxes The Scottish government is proposing a complete ban on snare traps. The thin wire ...

Steel-jaw leghold traps and snares are a global brutality without a meaningful global response. Despite being prohibited in most countries, such devices are widely set in wildlife habitats across ...

Nebraska Wildlife Rehab said a coyote was found trapped in an illegal snare trap in Omaha.The animal was rescued from the trap that was described as "a wire loop that tightens around an animal’s ...

MSPs voted in March to ban the traps, which are commonly used to catch vermin, but the laws are still to come into force.

Video: Elephants, zebras and kudus in the wild Last December, the environment minister approved the sale ... snares from their patrolled area since 2009. The snares are the most rudimentary of ...

To reduce death or injuries of wildlife, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency is now urging hunters and farmers to adopt a new type of animal snare designed to only trap smaller prey and ...

Police are investigating suspected wildlife crimes in the Yorkshire Dales after a badger was found dead with injuries from a snare trap. The animal was found on the B6479 heading into Horton in ...

A family cat was killed after getting caught in a snare trap, the RSPCA has said. Tigger, a seven-year-old male ragdoll cross, was found dead in a neighbour's garden in Ivychurch Crescent ...

The Central Election Commission logo in Taipei is pictured in an undated photograph. Photo: Lee Wen-hsin, Taipei Times The snare trap ban proposal states that the use, possession, sale, production, ...