A local veterinarian says hunters should check their snares daily in residential areas after a cat was trapped in one for several days.

Dr. Mohammed Siddiq who works at the Clarenville Vet Hospital says they see at least five or six cases a year at their vet hospital alone.

The worst case scenario being the animal gets gangrene and they have to amputate the leg, which has happened a few times.

Dr. Siddiq says the snare was embedded in the cat’s leg, which caused her paw to swell severely.

He says the cat was missing for a week, so she was definitely in distress and pain for at least three or four days until the person came and released the trap.

The cat came home walking on three legs, so the family rushed it to the vet hospital. He says the snare cut off the blood supply and the cat was in a miserable state.

Dr. Siddiq says hunters need to be responsible for their traps if they are in a residential area and check them daily—or not set them up in a domestic area.