I have a mouse in my apartment, and he's a clever one. Clever enough, in fact, that he's managed to avoid the very tempting baited snap traps I've placed around the areas of the kitchen where I've ...

DEAR HELOISE: I read with interest the letter from Paula D. about sticky traps. Did you know that because glue traps are so inhumane, many American stores like Target, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, ...

A pair of New York City lawmakers want to end the sale of mouse traps using glue in New York state. A.10052/S.9553 was introduced recently by Assemblyman Harvey Epstein, D-New York City, and Sen.

New Yorkers may soon have to find new ways to capture stray pizza rats. State lawmakers there are considering a ban on the sale and use of glue boards. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: You know those sticky ...

Lauren Martin lives in Amherst. She has a master’s in Animal and Public Policy from Tufts University. Commercially available adhesive-based rodent traps are known for causing slow, painful deaths not ...

Animals dying slowly and painfully from starvation, dehydration, asphyxiation and blood loss. Having their eyes and mouths glued shut. Chewing off their own limbs trying to get free. Jakob Shaw, ...

Snapping a rat’s neck with a spring-loaded trap … fine. Electrocuting a rodent with a zap-trap … OK. But for a pair of progressive New York City elected officials, those stuck-till-you-starve glue ...