Change.org - Animal cruelty at Home Depot?

Glue traps can be torturous for small animals. When animals get stuck to glue traps, they often end up starving over several horrific days. If they don’t starve, they die from wounds as their skin rips off their bodies. Petition starter Meira is hoping Home Depot will pull them off of their shelves. Home Depot already refuses to use glue traps in their stores. Meira hopes they’ll follow suit and stop selling them completely. Add your name and urge Home Depot to pull cruel glue traps off the shelves. Ban Glue Traps at Home Depot 6,159 have signed Meira Geyser’s petition. Let’s get to 7,500!

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Home Depot, a home improvement retailer with over 2000 stores is currently selling glue traps. Glue traps are one of the cruelest forms of "pest control" products being sold. They are trays covered in glue that leave animals to starve to death once they get stuck to the trap. Home Depot’s mission statement (as said on their website) includes: ’Doing the "right" thing.’ Even on their corporate website, they talk about sustainability & even cruelty free products. Home Depot themselves have even banned the use of glue traps in their stores after discussions with Peta! As a company that says they care about doing what is right, Home Depot needs to act in alignment and ban the sale of glue traps immediately. Here is why: CRUELTY: Animals that are stuck on glue traps often starve to death by not being able to move & get food, if they haven’t already died from having their skin ripped off as they try to move. They can suffer & starve up to 5 DAYS before dying. It is also common, and even suggested by glue tray manufactures to dump the trays in the trash with the live animals still on them! In attempt to get out of the sticky adhesive, animals may try to bite their limbs off.  SAFETY CONCERNS: Not only are glue traps harmful to animals, they put humans at risk for disease. So much so, the CDC & Health Canada say, "We do not recommend using glue traps or live traps. These traps can scare mice that are caught live and cause them to urinate. Since their urine may contain germs, this may increase your risk of being exposed to diseases." ALTERNATIVES: Luckily, there are alternative ways to discourage animals from your home/work/etc. Some of those include items sold by The Home Depot themselves! Home Depot, Craig Menear, & Edward Decker, we are calling on you to do the right thing: by following the DOZENS of retailers who have banned the sale of glue traps & lead the way for others to do the same. Banning the sale of glue traps is not only necessary, but completely in line with Home Depot’s values per the company’s own statements.

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