Letter: Leg trap evidence
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I know of people in the pro-hunting lobby in this country who have seen foxes and rats, caught in illegal traps, which have chewed their trapped legs off.
IAN M McCOURTIE
Kirklees Friends of the Earth
Shelley, West Yorkshire
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