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4-5-6 ... The 'No More Glue Traps' List
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I bet it made your Monday to read how one determined woman helped countless small animals by convincing Gelson's to pull glue traps from its stores' shelves. (Really, how dang adorable is the mouse in that post? I could stare at her all day.)
Let us make your Friday too. Check out this year's ever-growing list of companies, businesses, and agencies that have pledged to not use gruesome glue traps ever again, all because of the hard work of PETA and our supporters:
- Notables at the Party Store: Lexington, Kentucky
- AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) software company: Austin, Texas
- Central Technical School: Toronto, Ontario
- Manhattan building owners Richard and Hilde Basch: New York City
- USPS facility: Baltimore, Maryland
- JPMorgan Chase banks
- American Eagle Outfitters stores
- Virginia Beach School District: Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Knox County School District: Knox County, Tennessee
- Carroll County School District: Carroll County, Maryland
- Princeton School District: Princeton County, New Jersey
- Fashion Institute of Technology: New York City
- Lanterman Developmental Center: Costa Mesa, Orange County, California
- Ireland's Four Provinces Restaurant: Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
- Local restaurant: Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida
- Lowe's: West Jordon, Salt Lake County, Utah (This store stopped using glue traps to catch birds—now if only the chain would stopping selling the traps as well.)
- Circle Center Mall: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (birds)
- United States Postal Service: Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky (birds)
And we're waiting for the final word from the following:
- Costco: Gaithersburg, Maryland
- L.A. Unified School District: Los Angeles County, California
I'm sure there are many more establishments that we haven't heard about. Make PETA Files readers' week by leaving a comment below about any businesses you know that have sworn off glue traps.
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Home Depot sells glue traps intended for mice where I live in Albany, NY!!! I can't believe they still endorse these gruesome products!!! I hope they stop stocking glue traps soon and add their name to the "good" list you have created. Keep up your hard work PETA.
Posted by: Barb Struss | June 26, 2009 03:29 PM
Glue traps are hellish concoctions.
Posted by: Brien Comerford | June 26, 2009 06:01 PM
While I can't add any more companies that have ended the use of glue traps, I can add one that needs to: Family Dollar.
I entered the one of the Santa Ana locations last week to see glue traps all over the floor, in plain sight of the customers. And if that was not bad enough, there was no air conditioning and the place was enveloped with the smell of insecticide. My husband and I could not stand it, we walked right out. We would have complained, but none of the employees spoke English and I don't think they were in a position to do much about the conditions anyway.
Needless to say my husband and I will not be back.
Posted by: Rev. Meg Schramm | June 26, 2009 06:25 PM
Whats the best way to get a hold of stores to complain about this. I'm definitely going to take action against this ASAP.
Posted by: muay thai | June 27, 2009 11:45 AM
Glue Traps- seriously? We can put a man on the moon but we can't find a humane way of keeping mice and rats out of stores?!?! STAND UP AND TAKE ACTION TO THE PROBLEM EVERYONE! You may think that they're just mice-yeah, but still living, and it's still wrong!
Posted by: ellie | June 28, 2009 09:09 PM
Canadian Tire sells glue traps. Does PETA know about them?
Posted by: Alex | June 29, 2009 09:35 AM
@ Alex: We've never heard of them before now. Thanks for the info.
Posted by: Shawna Flavell | June 29, 2009 03:45 PM
I work in Sequoia National Park for (Deleware North Corporation-concessionaires), and althoI do understand that we shouldn't allow mice in the stores, etc.,...I absolutly DESPISE the Trapper glue traps they use here!! I am very sensitive to suffering and I can not stand to walk into work and find crying, half-dead, with their insides tore out (from struggling to escape) mice!(or chipminks or any animal!)
I have thrown the traps away and protested against them...I just can not comprehend how anyone can not realize how frickin inhumane those traps are! And especially in my case...hello people, you're in the middle of a national park where you've come to experience nature....so what if you see some mice! It is their habitat we have invaded in the first place!
Anyway....I desire any positive advice on how to go about eradicating such inhumane practices here!
Posted by: Victoria Young | October 12, 2009 09:58 AM
I just want to say "THANX!" and to let everyone know that since my previous post 10 days ago....PETA contacted Deleware North Corp. in Sequoia National Park and were successful in convincing the end of using glue traps here!
I am soooo happy! Thanx PETA!!!
Posted by: Victoria Young | October 22, 2009 08:08 AM