Target: Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Goal: Criminalize the killing of trapped foxes for the fur trade.
A man in rural Wales runs a one-man pelt operation, killing hundreds of wild foxes each year. Although pelt farms are considered so cruel that they are outlawed in Britain, a legal loophole allows wildlife hunters to snare foxes and kill them to sell their pelts. David Sneade takes advantage of that loophole, selling furs to Sweden and the United States. He clubs snared foxes to death, dismembers the bodies, stretches the skin on racks, and then posts about his process on Facebook.
Members of the public have seen Sneade in the act of killing the foxes and describe the scene of him battering the animals to death as “incredibly disturbing” and traumatic. Sneade kills about 300 foxes a year and has told reporters that he feels what he does is less cruel than the dangers a fox might encounter in the natural world. This analysis comes from a man who uses the foxes’ own brain fluid to treat the pelts and leaves the skinned bodies of the dead animals out in the open for birds to feed. One witness who has seen Snead killing foxes said, “The way the fox was handled was disgusting and incredibly disturbing.”
Sneade openly posts photos on Facebook of the furs and skins of animals he has trapped and killed in the Pembrokeshire coast national park. He operates with the knowledge that setting snares is legal in the UK as long as the snares themselves are not designed to kill the animal. When Sneade catches a fox in a snare, he then bludgeons the animal to death because a quicker killing by gunshot would ruin the pelt.
Sign this petition to urge the United Kingdom to ban non-lethal animal snares.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Prime Minister Johnson,
Farms that raise and kill animals for their pelts are considered so barbaric that the United Kingdom has banned the practice. However, a legal loophole that allows hunters to set snares as long as the snares are not designed to kill allows people to continue to trap and kill wildlife for their pelts. David Sneade does just that, killing about 300 foxes a year with a wooden bat.
This killing is brutal and unnecessary. It is violent and traumatizing for the animal and it also allows humans to disrupt the natural food web that exists in the wild. I urge you to outlaw the use of snares in Britain and put an end to this loophole in the fur trade.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: David Sneade
An eye for an eye.Animal murderers must be wiped off the planet!
KARMA goes around!!
Nice thought. I only wish it was true.
Stop this horrific killing of foxes, now!
Stop it now horrible
I am very surprised that this Law loophole has existed for so long resulting in the capture and brutal killing of wildlife for their fur. Not a single creature on earth should have to endure the vicious beating and killing in a manner that David Sneade does to his victims. And shame on the people who purchase these furs that keep Men like David Sneade in business. But most shocking is the fact that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom allows this.
He doesn’t care. He protects the Fox Hunting Brigade Aswell. Because they pay into the Tory Coffers. It’s Evil, Barbaric and Horrific. Despite most of the British Public being against foxes being hunted and cruely killed, this government does nothing to close all the loopholes, they forget they are supposed to do what the public ask them to do. It was a sad day for all our Beautiful wildlife when these yuppies got back in, protecting their Rich buddies.
Filthy scumbag bet hes not so brave facing up to another adult. Fuckin coward. What i’d give to be left in a a room with him..no witnesses, just me and the scumbag id break every bone in his scrawny body.
THIS FILTHY DISGUSTING WASTE OF OXYGEN MUST BE PUT DOWN NOW!!!!! IT IS THE AUTHORITIES WHO ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE. AS USUAL,…NO ACCOUNTABILITY,..NO CRIME,…NO PROSECUTION. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. PEOPLE LIKE THIS NEED TO BE FED TO STARVING ANIMALS. PERIOD!!!
To think of the fear and horrific beatings these beautiful creatures are enduring breaks my heart and there’s no punishment horrible enough for this monster who is being allowed to continue his actions! The ignorance and neglect of the Prime Minister and his cabinet is appalling!!!
OMG!!~! This is simple HORRIFIC!!! STOP THIS CRUELTY NOW!!!
THIS FILTHY DISGUSTING BLOB OF A HUMAN BEING SAYS,..”.I WILL DO THIS TILL THEY PUT ME IN A BOX”. DO LET’S GIVE THIS THING HIS WISH.
PUT THIS FUCKER IN A BOX,…..NOW!!!!!!
THE UK NEVER GOT OUT OF THE 13TH CENTURY: STILL FAWNING OVER THE IN-BRED ‘ROYAL FAMILY’, STILL FOX HUNTING AS ‘SPORT’, AND ALLOWING MUTANTS TO BLUDGEON TRAPPED (TRAPPED!!!!!)FOXES TO DEATH FOR THEIR FUR!! JUST DISGUSTING!!! TIME TO CALL THEM OUT FOR THE REDICULOUS AND BACKWARD JERKS THEY ARE.
WOW, EVERY COMMENT ON THIS PAGE IS FROM WOMEN!!!! ANYBODY SEE A PATTERN?
THE MUTANT STRAIN IN THE SO CALLED ‘HUMAN’ SPECIES SEEMS TO BE GAINING GROUND. . .
who the HELL wears animal fur anymore????!!!
You hoity toity prim and proper UK types are sociopaths.
Stop the expletive brutality.
Seriously who even purchases/buys pelts anymore – Enough already
HOW and WHY is he allowed to trap and kill inside a national park!?!? Residents in that area ALL have to march to their local authority and demand a change to this! This is wrong wrong wrong 🙁
The morons who buy the fur are equally to blame, I thought real fur had gone by the way side today – faux fur is just as beautiful and no animal has to suffer so some idiot who chooses to ignore the horrific animal pain the animals suffer so they can wear real fur. The guy who bludgeons the foxes to death is a cold blooded subhuman, he needs to be stopped. Hope the people of the UK will put pressure on this monster and stop him, he should be charged with animal cruelty and fined as well.
STOP ALL FOX KILLINGS FOR THEIR FUR!!!! This is CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AT ITS BEST!!!!
Come on Mr Johnson, step up yo the plate. You’re partner is an advocate for animals and campaigns for PETA. change the law and protect our wildlife