Home Depot Fails to Ban Cruel Glue Traps Despite Industry Shift
The Home Depot is still selling glue traps, devices that cause prolonged suffering for animals who get stuck in them. These small boards covered in sticky adhesive indiscriminately inflict terrifying deaths on mice, birds, squirrels, hamsters, kittens, and other animals. Trapped animals can take days to die of starvation and dehydration while they cry out in fear and agony.
Animals rip off patches of fur or feathers and skin as they struggle to escape, and some even chew off their own limbs in an attempt to free themselves. Some victims' noses, mouths, or beaks get stuck in the glue, suffocating them over hours. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned against using these devices as they increase people's exposure to disease.
Glue traps are not effective long-term solutions for controlling 'unwanted houseguests.' When rodents are killed, survivors and newcomers breed faster, resulting in a population increase. The only way to keep a home free of mice and rats is to seal all entries and keep living spaces clean.