People warned to snip straps off disposable masks after charity frees hundreds of animals

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

People are being warned to cut the straps from their disposable masks before putting them in the bin after hundreds of tangled animals had to be rescued during lockdown.

While face masks have become part of our everyday lives, for animals they are a potential death trap.

Now, the RSPCA has launched an appeal for people to cut the straps off their masks before disposing of them correctly in a bid to cut down on the number of animals being affected.

The charity says it has dealt with more than 900 incidents of animals caught in litter such as elastic bands, plastic bottles and tin cans.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/animals-entangled-disposable-masks-warning-163759973.html

[StarryNite]

1. Thank you for posting this.

It's not something most of us would even have thought would be a problem.

[Spazito]

2. Thanks for this...

I didn't think to do this, will certainly do so from now on.

[Karadeniz]

3. Those Brits think of everything!

[SheltieLover]

4. K&R!

Ty!

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Dammit, I never thought of this

[forgotmylogin]

6. Same thing with those plastic rings around six-packs.

Snip any closed loops when you throw them away because if they end up in waterways birds can get caught in them, good to know to do it on masks now too.

I usually wear permanent ones, but I'll watch out for the disposables.

[bdamomma]

7. thank you

for posting.

[Baked Potato]

8. Yes, thanks...

[canetoad]

9. Important post

I've started to see disposable masks discarded in the street and bush tracks. They will be as much of a blight to wildlife as the infernal balloons with a metre of synthetic string.

[KentuckyWoman]

10. Reposted everywhere. Thank you

I cut the plastic on drinks .. like the milk ring ..

I don't use the disposables but if need comes I will remember.