If you found an animal stuck on a glue trap, injured and mangled, would you... ?

Question

A) Put it out of its misery by killing it humanely.

B) Kill it tortuously.

C) Not kill it at all, but throwing it, with the trap, into the rubbish bin where it dehydrates/starves to death.

D) Use something that dissolves the glue and release the animal into the wild to fend for itself.

E) Look at it and walk away, pretending you never saw it.

I am asking this question because I know some people who use glue traps, and find no moral problem with just chucking a live mouse/rat/bird/snake/whatever into the bin while still stuck and alive on the trap. If YOU were in such a position as to stumble on a horribly injured animal, what would you do?

Answer 1

Either A or D.   If the animal was clearly injured to a degree where it could not survive outside the trap I would humanely put it out of its misery.  But if I found it early enough and it was just stuck I would try to remove the animal from the trap.  Oils work, such as cooking oil or baby oil.  I could not live with myself if I allowed any creature to die such a cruel death.   This excerpt says it best for me:

A 1983 test that evaluated the effectiveness of glue traps found that trapped mice struggling to free themselves would pull out their own hair, exposing bare, raw areas of skin. The mice broke or even bit off their own legs, and the glue caused their eyes to become badly irritated and scarred. After three to five hours in the glue traps, the mice defecated and urinated heavily because of their severe stress and fear, and quickly became covered with their own excrement. Animals whose faces become stuck in the glue slowly suffocate, and all trapped animals are subject to starvation and dehydration. It takes anywhere from three to five days for the mouse to finally die. This is nothing less than torture.

Because of the cruelty of glue traps, many veterinarians have issued affidavits opposing their use. In one such document, Dr. Robert M. Lynn stated, "In my estimation, there is much suffering by the entrapped animals. It is not a sudden or merciful death, but one brought on by starvation and thirst." Dr. Dianne Ferris added, "Because all mammals have similar nervous systems, they are capable of experiencing the same type of pain and suffering. Thus, rodents suffer as much as any other mammal and are capable of being traumatized and abused."

Answer 2

either a or d which ever is best

Answer 3

i'd take D, but get the animal to an animal hospital, let it heal for a few days and release it back into the wild

Answer 4

I, too, have a problem with glue traps.  I think it's much more humane to use traps that kill them instantly rather than leaving them to suffer and starve to death.  If I found one that was injured and mangled, I think I would put it out of it's misery.  It's wrong to leave them to suffer like that.  People don't realize that those glue traps don't just catch pests - they can also get stuck to domestic animals like cats and dogs.  It's is very painful to the animal to get the glue removed.  We had a cat that had to have it's body almost completely shaved to get all the glue and paper off of it after it had tried to get at a lizard that was stuck on a glue trap at our neighbor's house.  It was a mess!