The warning comes after a fox cub was strangled to death in a back garden football net. Putting netting away after use to prevent wild animals getting entangled is just one of the many things volunteers can do to help our native wildlife. The RSPCA is renewing its warning about the dangers to wildlife of netting (Image: Getty/SolStock)The animal welfare charity hopes the public can help it spread the message about the dangers of football netting. “The RSPCA receives many hundreds of calls every year to rescue animals - often wildlife - who have become tangled in netting on sporting equipment or garden nets. Any garden fence netting should be replaced with solid metal mesh and use wood panels as fencing instead of netting.”

Source: Express May 26, 2023 23:12 UTC