Following a call by PETA India for a ban on the manufacture, use and sale of glue traps in Delhi, markets in the city have suspended the sale of glue traps, PTI reported.
In September 2023, the Delhi government banned the manufacture, sale and use of glues, a cruel method commonly used to kill rodents.
According to the PTI report, following the government’s decision, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has appealed to Rajmandir Hypermarket, which runs 33 stores in Delhi, to stop using glue traps. It has also asked all other retailers to follow suit, according to a statement.
Rajmandir Hypermarket CEO Aditya Mittal said, “Following the government’s ban order, we have stopped purchasing these products and also destroyed the stock we already had. We have stopped using, selling and purchasing these items which harm the lives of animals.”
Following government directions and pressure from PETA India, e-commerce giants like Amazon, Flipkart and Meesho have also removed glue traps, a product that causes immense suffering to animals, from their websites, it said.
“Animals caught in glue traps face a painfully slow and agonizing death as they scream, panic and tear at their skin in a desperate attempt to escape,” said Ashima Kukreja, PETA India’s chief corporate liaison, adding that glue traps, which are trays coated with a sticky adhesive, trap small animals that can suffer for days before dying.
“Wildlife, including birds, snakes, mice, rats and squirrels, often struggle desperately to escape from glue traps, sometimes biting off their own limbs before succumbing to shock, dehydration, suffocation or blood loss,” Kukreja added, PTI reported.
Trapped animals continue to produce urine and feces, which can transmit pathogens such as hantavirus, salmonella and bacteria that cause leptospirosis, posing significant health risks, PETA India said in a statement.
PETA seeks action against MP Rohit Pawar for lying at press conference
Animal rights organisation PETA has written to election officials and Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar over lawmaker Rohit Pawar’s hanging of a crab during a recent press conference and sought action against him, news agency PTI reported.
In the letter to Pawar and district election officer Minal Kalaskar, PETA India advocacy associate Shaurya Agrawal said: “The video proves that Rohit Pawar’s use of the crab was pre-planned. For a publicity stunt, unnecessary pain and suffering was caused to the animal.”
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals claimed that the law violated the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the Maharashtra Model Code of Conduct, an order issued by the Chief Electoral Officer on March 24, 2014, banning the use of animals for election campaigning, as well as the directives of the Election Commission, PTI reported.
Following work by PETA India, which highlighted that animals are beaten and terrorized while being used for election campaigns and rallies, the ECI has banned the use of animals for political campaigns, PETA said in a statement.
According to the report, in a 2013 notification, the Maharashtra State Election Commission had banned the use of donkeys, bulls, elephants and cows during election campaigns and directed authorities to take strict action against violators, the statement added.
PETA India has also written to Rohit Pawar asking him to hand over the crab for veterinary care and rehabilitate it in the wild.
