An analysis of inhumane glue traps for mice
There are different kinds of traps present in the market, which are
used for capturing mice. Some of these intend only to capture the
mice whereas others have been designed in such a manner that they
kill the animal instantaneously. In all situations you can never
regard killing of mice or subjecting animal to pain as humane
activities so it is best to avoid them. Some of the most common
traps that are used for mice are as follow
- Snap Traps
- Glue Traps
- Electric Mouse trap
- Live capture mousetrap
- Bucket mouse traps
- Disposable mousetraps
Glue traps are regarded as controversial and most of the times
experts forbid using these kinds of trapping techniques because they
are cruel and inflict a lot of pain on the poor creature.
The working of glue traps
Adhesive substances such as synthetic rubber, glue or mineral oils
are stuck upon board and after this trap is given a special
treatment where flavor of food is added for luring the mice. When
mice come into contact with the trap they get stuck and are
immobilized the glue present on the surface of trap will either rip
away patches of skin or worse can suffocate the animal to death if
the face gets stuck as well. Even if an animal survives it will
starve to death because of being immobile. In simple words once a
mouse gets stuck into a glue trap there are minimal chances for its
survival present afterwards. Because of the above mentioned reasons
glue traps are termed as extremely dangerous as they bring slow and
painful death for the mice which can never be considered as a humane
approach.
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Aftermath
These traps are offered in various sizes and shapes and those who
want to use them can make selection keeping in consideration their
requirements. Many times it has been noticed that large sized mice
are successful in escaping, but they get severely injured during the
whole process. The biggest drawback of glue trap is that mouse is
not going to die at once in fact it will take a couple of days. Some
die because of exhaustion, whereas others die because of starvation
or suffocation. In all cases using glue trap is a cruel and inhumane
approach and it should be avoided in all situations. Generally it is
best to use a live trap for catching the mice and once the animal is
captured it can be relocated to a safe place.
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