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Glue Trap Cruelty
Imagine spending the last days of your life trapped and terrified. The harder you struggle to escape, the more firmly you become stuck. In your panic, you tear at your own skin, trying to break free—but there is no escape. As the hours stretch into days, thirst becomes unbearable, and exhaustion replaces panic. Eventually, you’re too weak even to struggle. Alone and helpless, you die from dehydration, starvation, exposure, or suffocation. This nightmare is not an accident. It’s exactly what glue traps are designed to do.
Glue traps are among the cruelest devices, and retailers that continue to sell them are profiting from this misery. Animals who are caught panic and rip away fur, feathers, or skin—some even chew through their own limbs. These indiscriminate boards also ensnare birds, squirrels, frogs, and even cats.
Mice and rats are loving and devoted parents and care deeply for others in their group. They groom each other, will even put themselves in harm’s way to save others, and vigorously protect their nests and young. They are highly social animals and can communicate with each other using high-frequency sounds that humans can’t hear. They also experience fear and pain. Male mice woo their mates with love songs, and baby rats giggle when they’re tickled. Glue traps fail as a long-term solution because they neglect to address the source of the problem: As long as food remains accessible, more animals will move in to take the place of those who have been killed.
Suffering You Can Stop
The most effective rodent control starts with prevention. Seal entry points, improve sanitation, keep food and garbage secured, and prevent nesting opportunities. If an animal must be removed, use a humane live trap, check it frequently, and release the animal promptly in a suitable location away from the capture site.
Retailers must end sales of glue traps and remove all remaining stock. Hundreds of businesses around the world have already ended sales, and several countries have even banned glue traps, making this shift simple, compassionate, and overdue.
MR.DIY, a major hardware and home improvement retailer, Desertcart, a Dubai-based global e-commerce platform, and noon, one of the Middle East's largest online marketplaces, continue to sell glue traps.
Act Now
Please use the form below to urge MR.DIY, Desertcart, and noon to stop selling glue traps now.