Investigation finds shops tell customers how to illegally use glue traps
The shops selling brutal glue traps in the UK tell customers how to use illegally, a secret investigation emerged.
Pet cats, hedgehogs and wild birds were mistakenly caught in devices, and the heartbreaking photographs of animals struggling to save themselves created widespread anger.
In 2020, a black and white cat should be released after sticking to the four glue trap that suffered with “terrible” injuries.
In 2021, a baby fox stuck in a glue trap in Edinburgh, damaged his skin and fur, and the savior spent hours by lifting the glue to save the animal.
Glue traps are designed to capture rats and mice. Ultra strong adhesive struggles for hours or days, and they tear or bite the limbs trying to escape.
The rodents usually drown from the glue that blocks their mouth or nose or dies without dehydration, hunger or exhaustion.
A year ago, using an unlicensed glue trap was banned and criminals can be fined or imprisoned – but it remains legal to sell traps.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are sold in the UK, and the parliament was told during a discussion before the ban.
Last year, 40 animal reports stuck in RSPCA glue traps and received more than 200 reports in the last five years. Among the stuck animals were wild birds, hedgehogs and domestic cats.
For animals engaged in a secret investigation, the world of philanthropy says that he believes that hundreds of stores still sell – even if it is a criminal offense for customers to use them.
In the UK, he found that 50 independent DIY or hardware stores were randomly selected or shopping for the sought -after charity and 23 of them – 42 percent of them sold traps. Prices were changing in Manchester with only 1 £ package and London by £ 2, an average of £ 2.
None of the shops selling them told the researchers that it was illegal to use the traps without pest control license.
23 The entire shop said it would be good to put the trap out despite the risk of birds and cats in a painful and deadly way.
When shoppers asked what to do with mice stuck to the trap, nine shops assistant animals can be thrown live in the trap, which would be a criminal offense, he said.
Two stores, one in Eastern Yorkshire and the other in Norfolk, referred to the stories of animals who chew their own limbs trying to escape.
When a shop assistant in East Sussex was asked how to kill a trapped mouse, he said, “Normally I just recover and drown.”
A shop assistant admitted that this would not be “gentle ..
Based on 42 percent, researchers estimate that the UK’s 3,000 independent hardware stores sell about 1,260 of the glue trap.
For the former Humane Society International UK animals, who want to ban the sale of Gadgets, the humane world said that most shops believe that shop staff are unaware of the law.
Claire Bass, a charity organization, said that hundreds of shops sell ruthless glue traps to the members of the people who may be unaware that they may face criminal charges if they use it ”.
“In particular, some tradesmen suggest that people can leave animals in traps to die slowly in a garbage box, and even drowning them, and both would be a crime in accordance with the animal welfare law,” he said.
MS BASS made a mockery of the undergraduate scheme for the legal gap, professional pest controllers.
None of the five stores participating in the survey in Wales sold glue traps and announced that they were all illegal and/or ruthless and proposed more humane alternatives.
The British Pest Controllers Association called on the UK, Wales and Scottish governments to ban the sales of glue trap to the public.
Britain’s three major DIY chains do not sell glue traps for mice or rats.
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Department spokesperson said: “We are always trying to minimize the unnecessary pain of animals, and last year, unless he did a license with strict conditions regulating his use, he was accused of using glue traps to capture rodents.”
The British Independent Retailer Association has online advice to prevent the sale of glue traps for illegal use to retailers.
