Austin: Urge Your City Council Member to Ban Cruel Glue Traps on City Property!

In a big step forward to defend vulnerable small animals, the Austin Animal Advisory Commission (AAC) voted unanimously to recommend that the City of Austin stop using glue traps on all city property. Every single year, these cruel traps kill, injure, and permanently disable countless small animals so we need your help to get this ban passed!

Animals caught on glue traps panic and struggle, which causes them to become even more ensnared. Often, the glue tears off patches of their fur, feathers, or skin—and some animals even chew off their own limbs in a desperate effort to escape. In other cases, their noses, mouths, or beaks get stuck in the glue, causing them to suffocate to death over the course of hours. Or they die from being crushed in the garbage, which is where the instructions on glue traps advise consumers to put them.

England, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales, much of Australia and Belgium, and more than 30 states and union territories in India, have all already banned these cruel devices and its time for Austin to take a step in that direction.

Please urge your Austin City Council Member to follow the AAC’s recommendation today and ban the use of glue traps on all city property! Use this District Lookup tool to find your council district and council member. Click the “Learn About District” link which will bring you to a new page with a photo of your council member. Then, click on the “Email” button on the right side, which will direct you to a new page where you can enter your name, address and the message you wish to send to your council member.

Please feel free to use our sample letter, but remember that using your own words is always more effective.