"A new City Council bill could, if enacted, prevent New Yorkers from using glue traps to keep mice and other critters out of their homes. Newly elected Council Member Harvey Epstein, who represents parts of Lower Manhattan, announced on Feb. 12 a bill that, if turned into law, would ban the sale of glue traps a means of pest control, typically made of small boards coated with an adhesive that mice, rats, and other critters get stuck upon before slowly dying."
"Animals stuck to glue traps will rip off their own skin and fur trying to escape, WildCare, a wildlife rehab group in California, explains on its website. They will even chew off their own limbs in a desperate attempt to get away. They inflict terrible injuries on themselves, even fracturing limbs, trying to get free. Trapped animals suffer for days as they slowly suffocate and starve."
City Council legislation would ban the sale of glue traps in New York City. Glue traps are small boards coated with adhesive that immobilize mice, rats, and other animals until they die. Animals often try to escape by ripping off skin and fur, chewing limbs, fracturing bones, and suffering days of starvation and suffocation. Some people consider glue traps more humane than spring traps or poison, but animal experts contend they are equally cruel. Glue traps can also increase human disease risk by frightening rodents into urinating; contact with infected droppings, urine, or saliva can transmit hantavirus and other illnesses. Live traps and relocation offer a nonlethal alternative.
Read at www.amny.com
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