Animal welfare groups call for ban on "boar snares", to rally at Ketagalan Boulevard on the 27th

Taipei, June 22 (CNA) The Taiwan Animal Co-existence Alliance, composed of over ten animal welfare groups, is calling for a complete ban on the use of "boar snares" and will hold a rally at Ketagalan Boulevard on the 27th, launching the "Save Our Spots" and "Free the Mountains, Protect All Life" activities.

The Co-existence Alliance held a press conference today to explain that last year, they initiated a campaign of "one person, one letter" to President Lai Ching-te, urging a complete ban on "boar snares." To date, approximately 35,000 postcards have been voluntarily mailed to the Presidential Office by the public, and the alliance has collected about 10,000 signatures from the public. The alliance also expressed gratitude to President Lai for adopting "Banban," a three-legged dog who lost a limb due to a "boar snare," and giving her a warm home.

The Co-existence Alliance pointed out that "Banban" is not just the name of one dog. There are thousands upon thousands of wild animals and pets in the mountains and forests who are injured, or even face amputation and death, due to the cruel and indiscriminate trap known as the "boar snare." Taiwan should completely ban this type of trap.

The Co-existence Alliance stated that "boar snares" not only may accidentally catch non-target animals, but their capture method can also cause animals to be trapped for extended periods, enduring cumulative injuries. "Boar snares" are often set at the edges of farmlands or in sparsely populated mountainous areas. Once trapped, animals cannot escape environmental pressures such as intense sun, low temperatures, or heavy rain. For wild animals that originally possess the ability to move freely and avoid danger, traps are equivalent to confining them in a high-risk environment from which they cannot escape.

The Co-existence Alliance pointed out that the spring-loaded pressure design of "boar snares" can continue to exert force as the animal struggles, jumps, and twists, progressively worsening injuries such as compression, abrasions, lacerations, swelling, impaired blood circulation, muscle damage, fractures, and infections. In severe cases, it can even cause severe limb injuries or tissue necrosis.

The Co-existence Alliance believes that society should no longer consider animal injury, pain, fear, and prolonged entrapment as an acceptable price for wildlife management. No animal should be left alone in the mountains, waiting for a rescue that may never come.

The Co-existence Alliance is calling on the public to join them on Ketagalan Boulevard on the afternoon of the 27th to demand a complete ban on "boar snares" by the government and to promptly propose a humane management plan that balances farmers' livelihoods with animal welfare. (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 06/22/115

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