Victory! Adams Fairacre Farms Stops Selling Deadly Glue Traps Following Outreach From PETA

For Immediate Release:
March 25, 2024

Contact:
Moira Colley 202-483-7382

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – Mouse-shaped vegan chocolates are on the way from PETA to Adams Fairacre Farms in thanks for banning the sale of abhorrent and dangerous glue traps at all its stores. The move follows a push from PETA informing the Hudson Valley–based retailer that the trays coated with a sticky adhesive inflict prolonged suffering on animals.

“By banning glue traps, Adams Fairacre Farms is sparing countless mice, birds, and other small animals a terrifying death,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA encourages everyone to choose kindness by refusing to use these vile devices and to speak up if they spot one on a store shelf.”

Wildlife—including birds, snakes, mice, rats, and squirrels—who get stuck in the adhesive that covers glue traps struggle desperately to escape, sometimes chewing off their own limbs before succumbing to shock, dehydration, asphyxiation, or blood loss. Glue traps fail as a long-term solution because they neglect to address the source of the problem: As long as food remains accessible, more animals will move in to take the place of those who have been killed.

Cities and regions around the world, most recently Ojai and West Hollywood, California, as well as major companies including CVS, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Rite Aid, Target, and Walgreens have banned glue traps after hearing from PETA. The group is now urging Ocean State Job Lot to follow suit.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.