THE Scottish Government’s wildlife management reforms go “above and beyond” expectations, according to a pest controller who consulted on the…
to use completely non-lethal methods to deal with animal infestations – said that he is “surprised" plans to ban snares have gotten this far.
But he said that snares are mainly used in hunting to protect game birds from predators, and that their application as a tool for household pest control and land management in farming and the agricultural sector is more limited. "The changes they're suggesting with the glue traps and snares too go above and beyond anything we had expected."He noted the recent passage of the Hunting with Dogs Bill in January this year as another example of Scotland passing"progressive" legislation far beyond the expectations of many activists.
The Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill represents an area of legislation in which devolved governments are taking the lead.
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