SnareWatch is an information-sharing and reporting facility about snaring in the UK.
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.
Scottish SPCA
Animal Helpline 03000 999 999
RSPCA
Cruelty line 0300 1234 999
USPCA
Animal Information Line 028 3025 1000, caller ID required
Record the incident using our Snarewatch report form
If you have any concerns about the use of snares, anywhere in the UK, you can share them with us on the SnareWatch website.
You can tell us if your pet was caught in a snare, report findings of animals trapped in snares, raise concerns about possible illegal misuse of snares or simply let us know if you’re worried about snares you have seen in a particular area. More about SnareWatch...
A member of the public found the body of a cat trapped in an illegal snare. The male tabby cat had been caught by the neck.
A 66-year-old gamekeeper was sentenced for illegal snaring at Elgin Sheriff Court on Tuesday 7 May 2013.
An adult badger was found struggling in a snare set on a badger path between woodland and a double hedge.
A walker found a Fox caught in snare - alive and very distressed in some moorland in the South Pennines. The fox was trying vigorously to get out. There was a lot of blood from severe cuts to abdomen and under front leg.
A badger cub was snared in public woodland near Ightham, Kent. The animal, thought to be less than a year old, suffered cuts to his neck as it thrashed and struggled to get free of the wire noose.
"In Britain .. a country which likes to be known as a Nation of Animal-Lovers - our wild animals are still being shockingly abused. To change attitudes to these innocent creatures - to put protection in place to safeguard them from cruelty - is a long haul. Based in Edinburgh, OneKind campaigns constantly to make these changes - to move us towards truly civilised treatment of animals in the UK.
In 2011, a prime focus of OneKind's activity is to bring to an end the despicably cruel practice of setting snares for wild animals - which cause them a slow and appallingly painful death. Thousands of snares are set every year, by land owners who make fortunes from tourists who shoot to kill for fun. It's time to put the brakes on this unjustifiable barbarity. Please help OneKind end the cruelty of snares."
Dr Brian May, CBE