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Urge Your U.S. Rep to Save Animals by Cosponsoring the Glue Trap Prohibition Act

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There’s some historic animal rights legislation in Congress right now. U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.-36) has introduced a bill that would ban the use, sale, and distribution of glue traps—devices that kill, injure, and disable countless small animals every year. 😲 This is huge, and we need your help to get this landmark legislation passed!

The Glue Trap Prohibition Act [(HR7018)] would protect countless vulnerable wildlife species by making glue traps—which cause terrified animals horrible suffering—illegal. 👏

Glue traps are small, sticky boards that trap animals like mice, rats, birds, chipmunks, bats, lizards, and squirrels when they walk across them. They cause slow, painful deaths—trapped animals can suffer from starvation, dehydration, or blood loss over several days while often crying out in pain. 🐁 🐦 🐿️ 😢

Animals trapped in the glue panic and struggle to break free, but this often makes things worse. The glue can rip off parts of their fur, feathers, and skin. Some animals even chew off their limbs in a desperate attempt to escape. Others suffocate to death slowly over the course of several hours after their noses, mouths, or beaks get stuck in the glue. 😰 They may also die from being crushed in the garbage, since that’s where the instructions on glue traps advise people to put them.

Btw, glue traps aren’t an effective long-term solution for handling “unwanted houseguests” like mice and rats. They do nothing to prevent more animals from entering homes or other buildings and can actually lead to a population increase. When these traps kill rodents and other animals, remaining ones reproduce faster. 🙃

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention even warns us not to use glue traps because they increase our risk of getting dangerous diseases. Animals stuck in the glue keep peeing and pooping, which can spread diseases like hantavirus. 🤢 The only effective way to protect human health and keep wildlife out of our homes is to seal all entry points and keep outdoor and living spaces clean.

By banning glue traps, the U.S. would join a ton of places—including England, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Wales, two states and one territory in Australia, and more than 30 states and union territories in India—that have already outlawed these cruel devices. 🤝

Using the form below, please urge your U.S. representative to cosponsor the Glue Trap Prohibition Act today! (Note: You may not be given the option to contact your legislator because they’re already a cosponsor of the bill.)

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I’m writing to you today as a voting constituent of your congressional district to respectfully urge you to cosponsor the Glue Trap Prohibition Act (HR7018). Introduced by your colleague U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Ca.-36), this bill seeks to ban cruel glue traps, which kill, injure, and maim countless small animals every year.

Glue traps are indiscriminate killing devices that are designed to ensnare any small animal who wanders across their surface. Trapped in the glue, terrified and alone, animals can take days to die of starvation, dehydration, or blood loss, while they cry out in agony. In some cases, their noses, mouths, or beaks get stuck in the glue, causing them to suffocate to death over the course of hours. Fighting for their lives, they panic and struggle, which causes them to become even more ensnared. Often, the glue tears off patches of their fur, feathers, or skin, and some animals even chew off their own limbs in a desperate effort to escape.

While these traps are most often used to catch mice and rats, each week, animal hospitals and wildlife rehabilitators report struggles to save trapped birds, chipmunks, lizards, and other small animals—and many of those who can be saved are left permanently disabled.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns the public not to use glue traps because they increase people’s exposure to dangerous diseases: Animals stuck in the glue continue to produce urine and feces, through which pathogens, including hantavirus, are transmitted.

The Glue Trap Prohibition Act would outlaw these dangerous and cruel devices and help protect wildlife, including protected species.

Please join your colleague in taking a stand against cruelty to animals—cosponsor the Glue Trap Prohibition Act today!

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