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Rural Scotland Pledges to Deliver 'Highest Standards' in Snaring

20th February 2008

Scotland's land management organisations said today (Wednesday) they supported government plans to introduce new measures to ensure that snaring in Scotland is carried out to the 'very highest standards'.

Following the parliamentary announcement by Environment Minister Michael Russell that he plans to introduce a package of measures to guarantee best practice in snaring, six rural organisations - including representatives of gamekeepers, farmers and landowners - issued a joint statement commending the Scottish Government's plans.

The Scottish Countryside Alliance, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation Scotland, the Scottish Rural Property and Business Association , the Scottish Estates Business Group, the Scottish Gamekeepers Association, NFU Scotland issued the following statement:-

"As organisations whose members are working in this industry on a daily basis, we believe it is essential that the practice of snaring is carried out the highest standards and concerns over animal welfare are addressed thoroughly and responsibly.

"We welcome the approach taken by the Minister today because we believe he has struck the right balance between animal welfare concerns and the need to enable land managers to do their jobs effectively.

"We are wholly committed to improving training and devising and implementing a new accreditation scheme for those who set snares as part of their duties. We will also work with the government in developing snare technology. Furthermore, we support the decision to make the tampering with legally set snares a criminal offence.

"We should remember that snaring is already subject to strict legislation and codes of practice. That said, we believe the range of measures announced today represent a sensible way forward as the responsible use of snares is important, particularly in terms of conservation and the protection of declining bird species as well as protecting the Scottish sporting economy which delivers real benefits to our rural communities."

 

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