Major American Retailers Stop Selling Glue Traps for Rodents

[Elderberry]

Legal Insurrection by Leslie Eastman Saturday, June 11, 2022

Not part of the animal justice narrative: A review of rat-borne diseases, new and old, that can impact humans.

I  have written several posts on rodent-borne diseases that are hitting the areas around homeless camps in the Southern California area.

For example, a typhus pandemic hit Pasadena. There was a significant rodent problem at the Los Angeles City Hall.

And while California has its problems, it must be noted Boston reported a case of rat-caused leptospirosis in a human last year.

Disturbingly, despite the increased need for more effective rodenticides, major American retailers have stopped selling glue traps at the behest of animal rights activists.

    Target and Dollar Tree have quietly stopped selling glue traps for rodents, which animal-rights activists have long condemned as unnecessarily cruel, The Post has learned.

    The two mega-retailers, which together operate more than 17,000 stores across the US, are following other major retailers in dropping the traps. Those include the CVS, Rite Aid and Duane Reade drugstore chains as well as discount retailer Big Lots, according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

    Hundreds of smaller retailers, including independent stores and mid-size chains, as well as shops at more than 100 airports also have dropped glue traps over the years, according to PETA.

Target and Dollar Tree, which also owns Family Dollar, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/06/major-american-retailers-stop-selling-glue-traps-for-rodents/

[Smokin Joe]

Gorilla tape, sticky side up. form a patch about 1 foot square and bait the middle.

[Kamaji]

[PeteS in CA]

The Humane Society International (HSI) considers the traps inhumane, since rodents can suffer broken bones, torn skin, suffocation, dehydration, and starvation if caught in them.

1. Why should I give a @#$% about disease-carrying rats and mice?

2. It's not the fault of the trap if the human setting it doesn't check it periodically.

[Smokin Joe]

1. Why should I give a @#$% about disease-carrying rats and mice?

2. It's not the fault of the trap if the human setting it doesn't check it periodically.

They are right. Get a trap that will kill that critter outright to minimize its suffering, and re=set it for the next one when you check it. Dispose of the carcass properly.

[roamer_1]

Gorilla tape, sticky side up. form a patch about 1 foot square and bait the middle.

No need. Use real traps, and get cats.

[roamer_1]

They are right. Get a trap that will kill that critter outright to minimize its suffering, and re=set it for the next one when you check it. Dispose of the carcass properly.

YEP.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

They are right. Get a trap that will kill that critter outright to minimize its suffering, and re=set it for the next one when you check it. Dispose of the carcass properly.

If the priority is to be humane, that is a way to do it.

In the case of Rats or hogs on my property, my priority is they die, regardless of the humane or inhumane methods.

Here's my dream hog hunt.

http://youtu.be/R1If0eXKQq8?t=4

[libertybele]

They are right. Get a trap that will kill that critter outright to minimize its suffering, and re=set it for the next one when you check it. Dispose of the carcass properly.

Peanut butter on the rat traps and then re-use them.  Works well. 

[Smokin Joe]

If the priority is to be humane, that is a way to do it.

In the case of Rats or hogs on my property, my priority is they die, regardless of the humane or inhumane methods.

Here's my dream hog hunt.

http://youtu.be/R1If0eXKQq8?t=4

Some good shooting -and flying there!

[Elderberry]

Wild Hog Trapping | (9) 33/33 Feral Hog Capture | JAGER PRO™

This segment will properly demonstrate the capture of 33 feral hogs using the JAGER PRO M.I.N.E.™ Trapping System. To learn more about feral hog trapping systems, visit www.jagerpro.com. In this video, we discuss each step of our Capture Success Matrix in detail to reinforce 100 percent capture results. The next video in our series will continue to demonstrate feral hog behavior so viewers will better understand how to accomplish 100 percent captures for more effective hog control.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKy6yozXgSA

[dfwgator]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0yWvTyjMMI

[catfish1957]

Wokeness is turning our country into a rodent diseased shithole.

I personally would love to destroy PETA as an organization.

(1) They are woke POS' that are hell bent on violently imposing their will on the rest of us.

(2) They dupe money from their stupid donors.  THIS money would be so so so much better spent at local Pet shelters.

[PeteS in CA]

Having cats for rodent control can work really well, but cats don't necessarily kill "humanely". Sadly, cats sometimes are prey for larger predators.

[GtHawk]

I live in an apartment with a small patio in back that has a washer dryer hookup, saves me a ton, the units are in a small shed and we noticed a rat was taking up residence. The shed is tight quarters so I slid in a couple glue traps and within two days caught the bastard, I'm not sure if I could have maneuvered a spring trap in it without repeatedly springing the trap and becoming highly agitated.

Thirty years ago the county used to give out hanging rat bait you could put in the trees to kill the rats but stopped because it was killing birds, also sometimes the rats would dies where pets could get them and die or get extremely sick. If PETA had their way we would be force to build these rodents homes and feed them.....just like the illegal aliens.

[Cyber Liberty]

Having cats for rodent control can work really well, but cats don't necessarily kill "humanely". Sadly, cats sometimes are prey for larger predators.

We get the occasional Bob Cat at the Castillo.  The Yotes fear them, making them the apex predator in these parts.  Then a few miles away up in the Hualapai Mountains, mountain lions eat everything not nailed down.

There are no mice or rats around.  Closes thing we have are the Antelope Squirrels who are about the size of Chipmunks.

[DCPatriot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuYz0Q6i3c

Cough...Cough!! 

[Hoodat]

Hasbro can now corner the market.

[mountaineer]

Why rats make good pets

Ugh. When my sister was studying in Vienna, Austria, she frequented a cheap local restaurant also patronized by a young woman whose pet rat sat on her shoulder the entire time she was dining. Yuck.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Wild Hog Trapping | (9) 33/33 Feral Hog Capture | JAGER PRO™

This segment will properly demonstrate the capture of 33 feral hogs using the JAGER PRO M.I.N.E.™ Trapping System. To learn more about feral hog trapping systems, visit www.jagerpro.com. In this video, we discuss each step of our Capture Success Matrix in detail to reinforce 100 percent capture results. The next video in our series will continue to demonstrate feral hog behavior so viewers will better understand how to accomplish 100 percent captures for more effective hog control.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKy6yozXgSA

I made up a trap just like that one except it is using a tripwire.

Like the narrator says, the key is to keep it open and stocked with food for several days so the hogs can enter and exit freely.  My camera I pull every day tells me when they are comfortable and when to set the trap.

Have trapped a dozen hogs multiple times and normally only one or two mature hogs are caught along with the smaller ones.

It is great practice with my handgun to finish them off running around the enclosure.  Not easy to hit a little pig running even though is only 15'-20' away from you.  Takes several clips.