Wildlife charity's warning after sparrow caught in glue trap
A small wildlife hospital is Surrey has urged people not to use "disgraceful" glue traps after a sparrow was caught in one.
The female bird was brought to Wildlife Aid in Leatherhead, covered from neck to tail in the sticky substance.Glue traps, mostly used to catch rodents, are in the process of being banned in England.The female sparrow would have died after being caught in the sticky trap A spokeswoman from the charity said: "Although the process is well underway to ban glue traps in the UK, we are still seeing numerous animals fall victim to these disgraceful contraptions."Please, never use this sort of trap. Nothing deserves to die in this way."Animal charity Humane Society International has led the campaign to end the public use of the "inhumane, indiscriminate and indefensible" glue boards since 2015.
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