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CLA Comment: Code Of Practice On Snares Comment from Mark Hudson, President of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) on the Code of Practice on the use of snares as a means of pest control:
"We hope the introduction of the new Code of Practice on the use of snares will mean an end to the ill-informed campaign by some animal rights organisations, such as the League Against Cruel Sports, to have them banned."The CLA is delighted that the rural affairs minister, Jim Knight MP has recognised that snares are an essential tool of wildlife management. A ban on their use would simply have meant that other more damaging methods of control, such as poisons, would be used instead. "Contrary to what some organisations, such as the League Against Cruel Sports have said, free running snares are not indiscriminate. If they were, they would be illegal under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 - that Act imposes a number of controls on the use of snares which ensures that the welfare of the animal is not compromised. "The new Code will help land mangers better understand the law, their obligations under it and what they should do above the legal requirement by way of good practice." 20 October 2005 |
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Christopher Price is the Director Policy and Advice at the CLA. He has overall responsibility for managing all the CLA's national policy and advisory work. He makes sure that the organisation's policy work is focused on what matters most, and that members' queries are dealt with accurately and efficiently. A planning and environmental lawyer by background, he joined the CLA as public law adviser in 2002. He became Chief Legal Advisor in 2007 and took up his current post a year later. Before coming to the CLA Christopher worked in local government for a number of different authorities.
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