Guwahati, Sept 1: The Arunachal Pradesh department of animal husbandry, veterinary and dairy development has, in the wake of an appeal from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, issued a notification prohibiting the manufacture, sale and use of glue traps to catch rodents in the state.
Affirming that the use of glue traps for the purpose violates the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, the notification illustrates the suffering of small animals that get trapped on the sticky boards.
In its appeal, PETA India requested the state to take immediate steps to implement the directions issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) against glue traps.
“Similar circulars taking action on glue traps have been issued by the governments of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand and West Bengal,” a statement from PETA India issued on Friday said.
“PETA India applauds the Arunachal Pradesh government for taking steps to protect animals, no matter how small, and for sparing them hideously slow and painful deaths,” PETA India advocacy officer Farhat Ul Ain said.
“Glue traps are ineffective in the long term since they don’t deal with the root of the problem. Simply put, more rats and mice move in, as their breeding is prompted by a brief increase in the food supply. The result is a vicious killing cycle in which many animals suffer and die,” the PETA India official said.
