SnareWatch is an information-sharing and reporting facility about snaring in the UK.
If there is a live animal in the snare call the relevant animal welfare charity. We do not advise trying to release an animal yourself as the animal could be injured and require medical attention. Record the incident using our Snarewatch report form.
Scottish SPCA
Animal Helpline 03000 999 999
RSPCA
Cruelty line 0300 1234 999
USPCA
Animal Information Line 028 3025 1000, caller ID required
A cat was caught in a home-made snare in Toynton All Saints, Spilsby.
The pet arrived home with the contraption still round his middle. The cat's guardian noticed him struggling to get through the cat flap with the snare attached to him. She removed the snare and the cat recovered.
Illegal
Spilsby, Lincolnshire
May 2021
A fox was caught in a snare on Binevenagh mountain in Northern Ireland.
Read more ...A couple walking on farmland in the Wareham area discovered the deer caught in the contraption.
Read more ...Several wire snares were found in a wood in the Uley/Tetbury area in Gloucestershire.
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