Trapping: Regulation

(asked on 31st January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make glue traps illegal based on the danger that these present to animals, including pets.


This question was answered on 14th February 2022

In our Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published in May 2021, we announced that we would look to restrict the use of glue traps as a means of pest control. Accordingly, we are supporting the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East’s Glue Traps (Offences) Private Members Bill, which proposes to ban the use of glue traps for catching rodents except in the most exceptional circumstances. This will also address the danger that these traps pose to other animals.

The Bill has successfully passed through the House of Commons and was introduced to the House of Lords on 7 February 2022. Baroness Fookes is sponsoring this Bill and we will work closely with her as the Bill progresses in the coming months.

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