Seriously.
I don't get it.
There are traps that can either kill the animal very quickly, or trap it unharmed so it can be released elsewhere (or killed humanely). So I don't really understand why people would super glue a little animal onto a sheet of plastic, causing it horrific amounts of pain. Some people assume they just sit there calmly, but that's not true. They will try very hard to get off. Anyone who has stuck their skin on something very gluey and pulled can tell you that it hurts, only that the skin of something like a mouse is far more thinner. So given enough time and struggling, the animal can literally skin itself. They will literally break their wee little bones on these things, and can even chew their own limbs to get away (some people have reported using them with only a leg attached to the trap).
People tend to throw the trap, live mouse and all, into the trash. It's not just mice either, people use these things on birds, reptiles and other rodents as well. Now, as much as I despise these things, if someone has to use them, they should at least be responsible and put the poor animal out of its misery so it doesn't suffer. It's akin to capturing a fox or a raccoon with one of those leg-snare traps, but deliberately leaving it there to die slowly. I know poison is going to be mentioned and might be flagged as being as cruel, but is it? Sometimes that might be the only way if traps don't work at all, that's especially the case with a large number. In this situation though, the animal is already physically trapped - so why drag out its misery? It turns from the necessity of controlling pests to animal cruelty here. If the animal is caught and is not a problem, then it shouldn't be slowly tortured to death. But of course, the people who do this justify it by saying "but they're pests", "it's only a mouse", etc. Sorry, I didn't think unnecessary cruelty to animals only applied to pets.
I don't get it.
There are traps that can either kill the animal very quickly, or trap it unharmed so it can be released elsewhere (or killed humanely). So I don't really understand why people would super glue a little animal onto a sheet of plastic, causing it horrific amounts of pain. Some people assume they just sit there calmly, but that's not true. They will try very hard to get off. Anyone who has stuck their skin on something very gluey and pulled can tell you that it hurts, only that the skin of something like a mouse is far more thinner. So given enough time and struggling, the animal can literally skin itself. They will literally break their wee little bones on these things, and can even chew their own limbs to get away (some people have reported using them with only a leg attached to the trap).
People tend to throw the trap, live mouse and all, into the trash. It's not just mice either, people use these things on birds, reptiles and other rodents as well. Now, as much as I despise these things, if someone has to use them, they should at least be responsible and put the poor animal out of its misery so it doesn't suffer. It's akin to capturing a fox or a raccoon with one of those leg-snare traps, but deliberately leaving it there to die slowly. I know poison is going to be mentioned and might be flagged as being as cruel, but is it? Sometimes that might be the only way if traps don't work at all, that's especially the case with a large number. In this situation though, the animal is already physically trapped - so why drag out its misery? It turns from the necessity of controlling pests to animal cruelty here. If the animal is caught and is not a problem, then it shouldn't be slowly tortured to death. But of course, the people who do this justify it by saying "but they're pests", "it's only a mouse", etc. Sorry, I didn't think unnecessary cruelty to animals only applied to pets.