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Snares resources
This page contains research and briefings commissioned or produced by OneKind to show the facts about snaring in Scotland. Photographs and video images are also available in the Snares Gallery. Some of this material is upsetting - please bear this in mind if you decide to look further.
The OneKind Snaring Report
The chapters in this new report have been produced by OneKind or commissioned from distinguished independent academic authors in order to answer some of the arguments advanced by those who support snaring.
The OneKind Snaring Report includes detailed consideration of the injuries and mental suffering caused by snares to the animals trapped in them; evaluates the impact of snares on biodiversity; reviews and assesses a range of alternatives to snaring; and considers the perceived need for snaring in agriculture. Further chapters will be added as the research develops.
For OneKind and our supporters, the case against snaring has long been made. It is almost unbelievable that, in the 21st century, a civilised country like Scotland still allows sentient animals to be tormented in primitive traps, in the name of pest control. We are confident that this bringing-together of facts about snaring - in a way that has not been done before - will persuade decision-makers to think again.
Introduction (PDF | 318KB)
Chapter 1 - The impact of snares on animal welfare (PDF | 1.5MB)
Dr I Rochlitz, Dr Gareth Pearce and Professor Donald Broom
Chapter 2 - The impact of snares on biodiversity (PDF | 680KB)
Jacky Turner
Chapter 3 - Alternatives to Snaring (PDF | 540 KB)
Dr Steve Ross and Professor Stephen Harris
Chapter 4 - The impact of a ban on snaring on Scottish agriculture (PDF | 567KB)
Professor Stephen Harris and Dr Steve Ross
Snares briefings
Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: OneKind and League Against Cruel Sports joint parliamentary briefing for MSPs
Stage 1 debate, 2 December 2010
Download joint briefing (PDF | 189KB)
Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: OneKind (Advocates for Animals) written evidence to Committee
Supplementary submission to the Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, November 2010
Download supplementary evidence to committee (PDF | 252KB)
Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: OneKind (Advocates for Animals) written evidence to Committee
Submission to the Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, September 2010
Download evidence to commitee (PDF | 146KB)
Snare incidents since March 2010
Pictorial report of snaring incidents since the introduction of the Snares (Scotland) Order 2010. Gathered by OneKind field research and investigations officer and submitted to the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee. All of these incidents took place on shooting estates in Scotland. Warning: Contains distressing images.
Download snare incidents since March 2010 (PDF | 1.6MB)
Snare use in Scotland 2009 – 2010. Pictorial report of incidents gathered by OneKind field research and investigations officer. Warning: Contains distressing images.
Download snare use in Scotland (PDF | 1.2MB)
Public Opinion in Scotland
In March 2010,we commissioned independent opinion survey company TNS System Three to carry out research into the opinions of people in Scotland about snaring. The polling found that less than a third (30%) of the public knew that snares were still legal in Scotland, and - once people were made aware that they were legal - 77% believed that they should be banned. There was little difference in levels of support for a ban between urban (78%) and rural (75%) interviewees.