{"id":4089,"date":"2022-08-17T11:26:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news-appeal-for-information-after-jackdaw-caught-in-illegal-trap-in-airdrie\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:29:09","slug":"appeal-for-information-after-jackdaw-caught-in-illegal-trap-in-airdrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/appeal-for-information-after-jackdaw-caught-in-illegal-trap-in-airdrie\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal for information after Jackdaw caught in illegal trap in Airdrie"},"content":{"rendered":"
Scotland\u2019s animal welfare charity was alerted to the incident by a member of the public who discovered the live bird in the trap.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A Scottish SPCA special investigations unit inspector, who cannot be named due to undercover operations, said: \u201cSadly, the Jackdaw caught in the trap had sustained such horrendous injuries that they had to be put to sleep to end their suffering.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe bird was caught in the trap by their left leg. A post mortem showed the leg had a severe open fracture and was partially amputated causing severe pain and suffering.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe springer trap was illegally set and had deer legs scattered around it as bait, in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to attract wild birds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are appealing to the local community to pass on any information relating to a person, or persons, illegally killing birds, particularly birds of prey.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThese traps are unlawful and indiscriminate and will cause unnecessary suffering to any bird or animal caught in them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIf anyone knows who this device might belong to then we would urge them to phone our animal helpline immediately on 03000 999 999. All calls can be treated confidentially.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cEqually, if anyone spots an illegal trap such as this, or a trap or snare they suspect is illegal, please don\u2019t hesitate to contact us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We have appealed for information after a Jackdaw was found caught in an illegal springer trap in Plains, Airdrie on 18 May 2022. Scotland\u2019s animal welfare charity was alerted to the incident by a member of the public who discovered the live bird in the trap. A Scottish SPCA special investigations unit inspector, who cannot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investigations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n