Petition · past parliament
Ban cruel glue traps in the UK
Rejected
15 signatures
What the petition asks
Glue traps are sheets of card covered with strong adhesive, designed to catch rodents. These traps can also entangle other small animals. Glue traps are banned as inhumane in Ireland, New Zealand and Victoria. But NOT in the UK, who claims to have the highest animal welfare standards in the world.
Glue traps are cheap and advertised as 'eco friendly'. Any animal that touches a glue trap, attracted by bait like cheese or seeds, becomes stuck to the glue. There they slowly starve to death, struggling for anything between three and 24 hours. Sometimes a trapped animal escapes by gnawing off a leg glued to the card. This petition is not arguing against all pest control, simply against unnecessary cruelty. There are alternative humane methods: even old-fashioned snap traps are more humane.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 19 Jun 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Jul 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
15
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Jul 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.