The RSPCA is asking people not to buy or use glue traps after a tawny owl suffered irreparable damage to his wings after getting stuck to one of the sticky boards in Bedfordshire.
The distressed bird, which was exhausted and barely alive, was put to sleep immediately.
The RSPCA says it is opposed to the manufacture, sale and use of all glue traps because they cause ‘unacceptable suffering to both the target species and other non-target species which fall victim to them’.
Glue traps – also known as ‘glue boards’ or ‘sticky boards’ – consist of a sheet of cardboard, plastic or wood coated with non-drying adhesive and can be legally used legal to catch rats and mice.
