"You Can Be Nice To Mice"

I'm just going to copy this from Peta's Animal Times:

"The patient was alive and alert but unable to move an inch. A client brought veterinarian Dianne Ferris and animal who was paralyzed but not from a fall or from being hit by a car - the tiny mouse was hopelessly mired in a glue trap. Dr. Ferris found that "[a]ll four limbs, the abdomen, and the tail were mired in the glue, rendering the animal unable to move. The skin, muscles, and tendons on the dorsal aspect of the left forelimb had been chewed through in an apparent effort by the mouse to free [himself]." After being carefully freed from the trap with vegetable oil, the starving mouse gratefully ate and drank for perhaps the first time in days.
Most mice and rats caught in these "pans of pain" aren't lucky enough to be rushed to a veterinarian. Instead, they die slow, agonizing deaths from starvation, dehydration, or suffocation if their faces become stuck in the sticky goo. Glue traps are one of the cruelest "pest" control devices on the market today. They are indiscriminate, capturing not only rats and mice, but also birds, squirrels, snakes, gerbils, and other small animals, even kittens. Animals who become stuck to these boards often suffer for days before finally succumbing to starvation or dehydration. As the animals struggle to escape, the strong adhesive rips patches of skin, fur, or feathers off their bodies. Many animals chew off their own limbs in an effort to free themselves.

HEALTH HAZARDS
Makers of glue traps claim that they help to prevent the spread of diseases, but trapped animals continue to urinate and defecate, and their bodies are often left in the traps for weeks or months. In one case, a hospital that used glue traps did not check them for more than a year - during that time, the dead mice who were stuck on the traps became hosts for the flies who caused illness among the hospital's patients.

AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
Glue traps aren't just extremely cruel; they are also ineffective. Biologists and wildlife experts agree that the only long-term way to control rodent populations is to modify the habitat so that the area is unattractive or inaccessible to the animals. Otherwise, when animals are removed from an area, others simply move in to occupy the newly vacant niche. The best solution is prevention: Patch holes larger than 1/4" in diameter, seal cracks in the walls and floor, and close gaps around plumbing, doors, and windows. Also, keep food and trash in sturdy, sealed containers, and make sure foundation plantings are neat and weeded.

SUFFERING FOR SALE
Victoria, Australia, is considering outlawing glue traps, citing a study that concluded that glue traps cause "enormous distress...even if the trapped animals are found after just a few hours and then humanely dispatched." But despite causing suffering that would violate many state anti-cruelty laws, glue traps are widely sold in "big box" stores, such as Home Depot and Lowe's, and even in drugstores, such as Rite Aid. Peta has launced a campaign to convince stores to pull these rodent torture chambers from their shelves, and we've already had some success. CVS drugstores and two major supermarket chains have agreed to stop selling glue traps, and other stores are reviewing the information that we sent to them. So far, Rite Aid has refused to budge. The store needs to hear from its customers that there's no money to be made in being merciless to mice.

If you have mice, try petamall.com for humane "traps".


UPDATE:
Since this article RiteAid has agreed to remove all glue traps. yay!