News Pest-trap victim saved and found loving new home
A cat has been rehomed after becoming the third known victim of pest traps in farmers' fields.
The latest victim was taken to End Cottage Veterinary Clinic in Howden - with the trap still on its head.
A spokeswoman for the clinic said: "The cat was brought in with the trap still attached to its head. It took a fair bit of force to get it off."
The young female cat - which suffered a crushed skull - was brought in by a member of the public who found it at the side of the road at Wressle.
The cat's owners have not been traced.
The spokeswoman added: "The trap was spring-loaded with bars that had trapped the cat's head.
"The poor cat's head was out of shape and its skull was crushed, but it seems to be doing well now and it has new owners."
Last week we told how some cat owners in the Goole area were becoming increasingly concerned about the dangers posed by pest and vermin traps in farmers' fields.
One woman, Michelle Bateman, who lives in Whitgift, called for a ban on spring-loaded Fenn traps after her pet cat returned home with one of its legs stripped to the bone. Ms Bateman claims her cat was caught in a rat trap set on farmland.
Her neighbours, Nick and Lynda Hitchen, had a similar shock when they found their cat Hypo caught up in a spring trap in the fields around Whitgift.
Hypo was caught in the trap for four hours and ended up losing part of his paw, which was still stuck to the trap when he was pulled out.
He also had to have an ear amputated and may yet lose one of his legs.
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) denied the traps were being set by farmers.
It said the traps were most likely to have been laid by gamekeepers or hunters.
Published on 13th March 2008 in News.
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