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Written Question · S5W-28829 · Session 5

How it plans to change the law in relation to the wilful damage of animal traps.

Answered Asked by Mark Ruskell Green Lodged 3 May 2020

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to change the law in relation to the wilful damage of animal traps.

The answer

Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 May 2020 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

Under existing legislation and common law a person interfering with a legally set snare or trap may be committing one of a number of possible offences.
The Independent Review of Grouse Moor Management report which was published in December recommended changes to legislation on the use of animal traps. The Scottish Government is currently considering all of the recommendations in the report and will publish a response in due course.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-28829 by reference.