To what extent it considers the shooting industry depends on the use of snares for its continued viability and what the basis is of its pos…

A joint industry briefing document The Consequence of a Snaring Ban for Rural Scotland published by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, the Scottish Gamekeepers Association, National Farmers Union Scotland, Scottish Estates Business Group, Scottish Rural Property and Business Association and the National Sheep Association in 2008, clearly sets out how controlling predators such as foxes is vital to the shooting industry and that snaring is in some circumstances the only tool available for such control.