Homemade snares or traps are being laid in the hills around Alice Springs, injuring and killing wildlife.

She said: "Snare traps lead to unnecessary suffering for animals and these proposals are part of our ongoing efforts to ensure that wildlife management is both sustainable and humane.

Your report "Animal welfare at the heart of new guide for setting snares" (21 September) is quite, frankly, delusional. Anyone who sets a wire noose, which tightens on impact to trap an animal, is ...