Ban Cruel Rodent Traps in New Zealand!
The issue
- It is now against the law to sell glue traps in New Zealand, but cruel snap traps are legal.
- Snap traps are still the most common way to trap mice. Utilizing a spring attached to a thin crossbar and loaded with bait, when a mouse or rat takes a bite the bar suddenly snaps toward the body. The hope is that the 'snapper' crushes the skull or spine and produces instant death.
- But this only happens some of the time. Too often the nose, a leg, or a non-vital part of the body is caught instead, and the dying process can be prolonged, with the animal in extreme pain throughout. Sometimes they bleed to death.
- If the rodent happens to get away from a snap trap, it will probably still die an agonizing and prolonged death in the wild.
- With what we now know about rodent sentience these cruel traps - first patented as long ago as 1879 - are completely inacceptable. There are humane solutions available for the control of rodents. Snap traps should be illegal to sell and buy in this country.
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The issue
- It is now against the law to sell glue traps in New Zealand, but cruel snap traps are legal.
- Snap traps are still the most common way to trap mice. Utilizing a spring attached to a thin crossbar and loaded with bait, when a mouse or rat takes a bite the bar suddenly snaps toward the body. The hope is that the 'snapper' crushes the skull or spine and produces instant death.
- But this only happens some of the time. Too often the nose, a leg, or a non-vital part of the body is caught instead, and the dying process can be prolonged, with the animal in extreme pain throughout. Sometimes they bleed to death.
- If the rodent happens to get away from a snap trap, it will probably still die an agonizing and prolonged death in the wild.
- With what we now know about rodent sentience these cruel traps - first patented as long ago as 1879 - are completely inacceptable. There are humane solutions available for the control of rodents. Snap traps should be illegal to sell and buy in this country.
Sandra KylePetition starter
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Petition created on 11 May 2021