Snares โ does your MP support the ban?
In February, Ruth Jones MP tabled a new Early Day Motion (EDM), calling on the government to implement its promised ban on snares as soon as possible.
Posted 20 Mar 2025

Posted on the 2nd November 2016
On 31 October, MPs attended a debate on grouse shooting in Westminster Hall. Although many of the MPs who attended were pro-shooting, we are heartened that this issue is now of such importance that 123,076 people signed a parliamentary petition calling for a ban.
Just ahead of that debate, supporters of Animal Aid and the League Against Cruel Sports lined up outside the House of Commons for a photocall. You can see the pictures below.
A recent YouGov poll commissioned by Animal Aid showed that nearly half of British people favour a ban on grouse shooting in the UK. Of those polled, 48 per cent said they would support a ban on grouse shooting, compared with 28 per cent who oppose a ban. When counting only those who expressed a view, the figure of those in favour of a ban rose to 63 per cent, with 37 per cent opposed to a ban.
Watch and share our film about grouse shootingIn February, Ruth Jones MP tabled a new Early Day Motion (EDM), calling on the government to implement its promised ban on snares as soon as possible.
Posted 20 Mar 2025
Corbetts Cross (IRE) was killed at the Gold Cup chase at Cheltenham this afternoon - taking the death toll of the Cheltenham Festival up to 78 horses lives lost since 2000.
Posted 14 Mar 2025