Time to stop this Barbaric Practice Wire snares are indiscriminate, inhumane and unnecessary. CHRIS PITT of the League Against Cruel Sports has the facts to prove it. Of all the cruelties humans have inflicted on animals over the centuries, the wire snare is once of the worst and Moist enduing. Simple in design, devastating in effect, a tool of poachers throughout the ages, the snare is now commonly used for another purpose. Around 260,000 snares are in use at any one time, catching 1.7 million animals each year. However, snares are only used and 5 per cent of landholdings in … Continue reading Time to End Snaring of Animals