fox snare

[Guest RN-Rabbit-Control]

No fence snaring for foxes, as it's illegal.

 

No it isn't

 

Unless you live North of the border

 

OTC

 

Huh? The keeper where i work said that you can get in a load of shit for fence snaring foxes, as if they are found hanging if they tangle the snare around the fence they will get strangled to death and if found by an anti you can get put in court and have a strong case against you. I'll re-check with the keeper but he sames to think that you can't.

 

Whatever he 'seems to think' matters not in this case, law is law and there is no law in England or Wales that states that you cannot set snares on fences for foxes. Fact.

 

OTC

 

http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wild.../snares-cop.pdf

 

 

Read through that OTC.

 

Don't patronise me WBF - of course we have all read that GUIDANCE.

 

As I stated in my post above it is not LAW and therefore not ILLEGAL as you stated quite clearly that it was in yours.

 

OTC

 

Okay, you have established that it is not against the law to fox snare on fences, but you could get in trouble if the fox is found hanging. So unless you can be sure that the fox has no way of hanging it's self, then it's best not to snare on a fence.

 

WBF you have an attitude that is now so typical of teenagers today. I don't know OTC personally but he is obviously a very experienced and knowledgeable person. You can't go around undermining peoples knowledge of a particularly involved subject, but then at a later date expect them to impart knowledge onto you.

[Wanna be farmer 0]

No fence snaring for foxes, as it's illegal.

 

No it isn't

 

Unless you live North of the border

 

OTC

 

Huh? The keeper where i work said that you can get in a load of shit for fence snaring foxes, as if they are found hanging if they tangle the snare around the fence they will get strangled to death and if found by an anti you can get put in court and have a strong case against you. I'll re-check with the keeper but he sames to think that you can't.

 

Whatever he 'seems to think' matters not in this case, law is law and there is no law in England or Wales that states that you cannot set snares on fences for foxes. Fact.

 

OTC

 

http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wild.../snares-cop.pdf

 

 

Read through that OTC.

 

Don't patronise me WBF - of course we have all read that GUIDANCE.

 

As I stated in my post above it is not LAW and therefore not ILLEGAL as you stated quite clearly that it was in yours.

 

OTC

 

Okay, you have established that it is not against the law to fox snare on fences, but you could get in trouble if the fox is found hanging. So unless you can be sure that the fox has no way of hanging it's self, then it's best not to snare on a fence.

 

WBF you have an attitude that is now so typical of teenagers today. I don't know OTC personally but he is obviously a very experienced and knowledgeable person. You can't go around undermining peoples knowledge of a particularly involved subject, but then at a later date expect them to impart knowledge onto you.

I have taken his advice into account, and have learnt from this. I just disagreed with him at the start because that's what I was told. But now i have researched it, I have found that it's not against the law, it's just bad practise. I wouldn't have disagreed with it if I didn't know anything about it, but as I was incorrectly told it was illegal, I did disagree. But I have appologised to OTC, and that is the end.

[OldTrapCollector 376]

Apology accepted WBF - now let's all get on with helping each other with traps and snares shall we??

 

OTC

[pluckers son 0]

thank god for that, luke how did you get on with the fox mate ,you caught it yet ????

[luke2009 9]

not yet mate am gunna tho thanks to 410phil he borght me a few snares

[pluckers son 0]

get some pics of the chicken killer when you get it if you need the trap let me no

[luke2009 9]

job done got it last night dont know how to pics up sorry

[Red Raven 0]

Sounds like you're struggling here.

 

The use of snares in Britain is regulated under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

 

Under the Act it is an offence for a person:

 

to set a self-locking snare in such a way as to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any wild animal. (Section 11(1)(a).)

to kill or take any wild animal using a self-locking snare. (Section 11(1)(.)

to set a snare (or other article) in such a way as to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any animal listed in Schedule 6 of the Act (e.g., a badger). (Section 11(2)(a).)

to kill or take any animal listed in Schedule 6 of the Act (e.g., a badger) using a snare. (Section 11(2)(.)

who sets a snare to fail to inspect that snare (or have someone else inspect it) at least once every day. (Section 11(3)(.)

to set any type of snare unless they are an 'authorised person' under the Act (that is, the owner or occupier of the land on which the snare is set, any person authorised by the owner or occupier of the land, or a person authorised in writing by the Local Authority for the area. (Section 27(1).)

to possess a snare for the purpose of committing any of the above offences. (Section 18(2).)

Under the Deer Act 1991 it is an offence to use snares to kill or take deer.

 

To sum up, the use of self-locking snares, the setting of any type of snare in places where they are likely to catch badgers, failure to inspect snares on a daily basis, and setting snares on land without permission, are all offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

 

In addition there is a Defra Code of Practice on the use of snares in fox and rabbit control. However this is not a statutory code and as such serves no useful purpose.

 

 

So yes, fence snare at your own risk. Accidently catch a badger, polecat, otter, hedgehog, red squirrel or pine marten in it and yer stuffed. Use a free running snare where the target can't hang itself and at least if you catch any protected species you have a good chance (or anyone else who comes across it) of releasing it alive. Why make trouble for yourself and the rest of the hunting fraternity. Although after saying that, I have been a member of this board for a couple of days and the amount of blatant illegal activity I've seen is worrying. It can only serve to damage the name of responsible gamekeepers and hunters. Look at Malta, thanks to the activities of a handful of poachers who have to shoot anything that flies over, swifts, sparrows, ospreys, falcons, eagles, storks, if it has wings they'll shoot it down, every hunter in Malta has now been tarred with the same brush and they lost their Spring Hunt after Bird Life got involved and took the Maltese government to court for failing to uphold the Birds Directive.

Be sensible, follow codes of practice and stick to the law and hunting will be around for a long time to come. It's the senseless actions of the minority that spoil things for the majority.

[R. Docks 154]

A prosecution under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 could result if accepted codes of practice are not followed.

 

It's a bit like the Highway code. The Road Traffic Act is the one used to prosecute for minor motoring offences, and the highway code is what is used to determine the reason for prosecution.

 

Whatever you do these days, be careful. There are eyes and ears everywhere, and while you may believe that your actions are legal, and no-one is likely to see you anyway, that does not mean that someone wont try and prosecute you.