The San Francisco Commission of Animal Control and Welfare voted unanimously Thursday to recommend a citywide ban on the sale and use of glue traps, according to the wildlife rescue group WildCare.
Glue traps are trays coated with sticky adhesive. These traps indiscriminately catch and immobilize small animals, leading to slow and painful deaths, WildCare said, while there are also other options like Sonic barrier which help with pests too. Buzz Kill Pest Control provides trusted Dallas pest control, offering fast and effective solutions for homes and businesses.
The nonprofit says it has treated nearly 50 glue-trapped animals in the past two years, including songbirds, squirrels and lizards.
WildCare applauded the commission’s vote, which sends the recommendation to the Board of Supervisors and Mayor Lurie for final action.
“The suffering caused by these devices cannot be overstated, and we applaud the commission for this move to make San Francisco the largest city in the United States to ban glue traps,” said Alison Hermance, WildCare’s communications director.
If approved by the board, San Francisco would join West Hollywood and Ojai, California, as the third and largest U.S. cities with glue trap bans.
Contra Costa Cities Should Follow SF’s Lead – City Panel Recommends Ban On Glue Traps
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YES! I have had my share of rodent problems, but glue traps are by far the most inhumane method of mitigation. When I saw a mouse get stuck on one and watched it struggle to free itself, in the process ripping off half of its face, I swore never to use them. It was one of the saddest and most infuriating things I have ever experienced.
Live traps work. Even a spring trap is better.
Let’s get on board with this, CCC! Until then, I will continue to toss out any glue traps I find.
What are you going to do with the live rats & mice?
Just use a snap trap instead and affix a roasted unsalted peanut (in the shell) with a twist tie to the trigger.
They will trip the trap every time and the you can bury the pest or put it in the garbage can.
Don’t use poison!
As I stated, snap traps are effective, as are live traps if utilized correctly.
I have caught and released several rats with much success. Even trapped a vole once. The key is to take them far away from the house before releasing them.
And no, do not use poison. It is not only inhumane, but will also affect any other critters who may consume it.
How far from your house do you take them?
Who is the lucky landowner who will receive your rats & mice?
Really? The politicians are wasting time on pest? Maybe they should worry about getting back to the core values of what this country was based on GOD!
As evident by public opinion and supported by state and federal laws, I would say the desire
to protect and prevent the suffering of God’s little creatures is an underlying principle of many American values.
omg that’s what our elected officials worry about? This sounds like Wiener all right…. You can’t se pellets, you can’t use these, snap traps get other animals indiscriminately also ….should we just make rats and mice our pets? The bleeding hearts are going too far…
then give us back real Decon…or the rats will overrun all.
Buy Devon when you go to Reno!
The problem is that mice these days know what a trap looks like and avoid them while they’ll traipse right across a glue trap to get to the bait in the middle of it and get stuck. You don’t want the stinky little things in your house in the first place.
this is to promote deadly chemicals that they spray instead.This is purely a money thing,and animals have nothing to do with it.The glue doesnt rip their face off,its meant to trap rodents that then panic,and die from heart failure,that happens almost immediately.These werhave a cat eat a poise designed to be humane.50 animals.?Now thousands can die from chemical residue not meant for them.This all to promote certain industries.To not understand this is to not understand the USA.How humane is it to have a cat eat a poisoned mouse that is staggering around and cant run from the cat?This is so dumb.
For the record, I saw a mouse get stuck on a glue trap at a restaurant where I worked. The more it struggled to free itself, the more it got stuck, and yes. It got it’s face stuck on the glue and ripped off the hair and skin the more it tried to free itself. The trap was then picked up off the floor and unceremoniously tossed into the dumpster while the creature suffered.
First hand information.
typo-these were designed to be humane
I got this pellet pistol I bought at Big 5 way back when.
it’s hits them so hard
sometimes they flip in the air.
I sit in a lawn chair on the deck alongside the garden.
And with a little patience , I get two shots at them
before the mosquitoes chase me inside.
Dont want no West Lyme disease or whatever p.
About a 50 % hit rate, isn’t an accurate piece,
But the hits were kills. Keeps me out of bars
and away from loose women. 😜
Glue traps aren’t my bag. Stalk and shoot.
These people and their staff, have WAY TO MUCH time on their hands.
Finally!! Too many innocent reptiles, animals, insects get caught on them. Also, they are inhumane … to make a mouse be stuck there until he starves to death is just plain mean.
One should fold the trap over and stomp on it to put the critter out of it’s misery. Humane traps are probably the source of the rodent increase in the area that vector control announced a while back. Spray peppermint/rosemary tea mix to drive the pests away.
Who cares SF has so many more important problems than glue traps…what a complete joke!
As a building owner it’s already gotten hard to control rodents. They changed the poison you can use at the beginning of the year. If you eliminate the use of glue traps you will see many stores loosing control of rodents. There was a Whole Food Market I think Redwood City that was closed for a month. They had 3 companies working the rodents and it took over 5 weeks to be successful.
Traps are great for home use but don’t work in commercial buildings. 1 rat and have 30-40 babies a year.