Las trampas de pegamento pueden provocar muertes lentas y agonizantes en los animales (como ratones, ardillas y aves, entre otros) que quedan atrapados en ellas. Pueden morir asfixiados, deshidratados, o de hambre, mientras permanecen pegados en la trampa, o pueden arrancarse trozos de piel, pelaje, o plumas del cuerpo, mientras luchan desesperados por escapar del pegamento. La muerte puede tardar días en llegar.
Las trampas de pegamento también plantean un riesgo para la salud humana. Los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. desaconsejan su uso porque los animales que quedan atrapados en ellas siguen produciendo orina y heces, las cuales pueden causar enfermedades.
Las trampas de pegamento ni siquiera funcionan para controlar la población de roedores: cuando los roedores son matados, ¡los sobrevivientes y recién llegados se reproducen más rápidamente, aumentando su número! Y fracasan en el abordaje del problema: si no se tapan los agujeros y no se eliminan los atrayentes, más animales irán a tomar el lugar de aquellos que han sido asesinados.
Muchas compañías e instituciones reconocidas (como JPMorgan Chase & Co., American Eagle Outfitters, más de 100 aeropuertos de todo el país, e incluso el Departamento de Policía de la ciudad de Nueva York) ya han dejado de usar las viles, insalubres e ineficaces trampas y enormes corporaciones como Rite Aid, Dollar General, y Walgreens han dejado de venderlas. Pero otras compañías aún no lo han hecho.
Si en algún momento ves que se están usando trampas de pegamento para capturar y matar animales, contacta a los responsables, pídeles que quiten todas las trampas de inmediato y se comprometan a no volver a usarlas, y luego contacta a PETA. Si hay un animal atrapado en una trampa de pegamento, vierte una pequeña cantidad de aceite de cocina o de bebés en las partes pegadas del cuerpo animal (evitando la nariz y boca del animal para evitar su asfixia) y libéralo suavemente. Los animales lastimados o debilitados deben ser llevados de urgencia a un veterinario cercano o rehabilitador de fauna silvestre.
Cuando veas trampas de pegamento en venta, envía una carta respetuosa al gerente de la tienda. Pídele que dejen de vender las trampas y coméntale sobre las compañías y entidades que ya han dejado de usarlas o que las han retirado y optado por métodos menos crueles en su lugar.
Las siguientes compañías han dejado de usar trampas de pegamento:
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- A-1 Self Storage
- 1st American Storage (American Spectrum Realty)
- A-AAAKey Mini Storage
- Adelphi Theatre
- Advanced Micro Devices
- Albuquerque International Sunport
- Aldwych Theatre
- Al Hirschfeld Theatre
- Allegheny County Airport
- Ally Financial
- American Eagle Outfitters
- Ameriprise Financial
- Amsdell Companies
- Arizona Department of Administration
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- Athleta
- Atlantic City International Airport
- Auditorium Theatre
- August Wilson Theatre
- AvalonBay Communities
- Baco Realty (Security Public Storage)
- Balboa Theatre
- Banana Republic
- Bank of America
- Bank of New York Mellon
- Bank of the West
- Bell Partners
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
- Block Island State Airport
- BMO Harris Bank
- BOK Financial
- Bolton Field Airport
- Books-A-Million
- Boston Logan International Airport
- Boston Marine Industrial Park
- Bowman Field
- Bradley International Airport
- Branch Banking and Trust Company
- Buck or Two Plus!
- Buffalo-Niagara International Airport
- BWI Marshall Airport
- Cadillac Palace Theatre
- Camden Property Trust
- Carroll County Public Schools—Maryland
- CBS New York
- Centennial Hall
- Central Technical School—Ontario
- Cerner Corporation
- Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport
- Charles Schwab
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport
- Chicago Midway International Airport
- Chicago Transit Authority
- CIBC Theatre
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- Circle Centre—Indianapolis
- CIT Group
- Citigroup
- Citizens Financial Group
- City National Civic of San Jose
- City National Grove of Anaheim
- City of Cartersville, Georgia
- City of Eugene, Oregon
- Claremont Graduate University—California
- Comerica Inc.
- Compass Group North America
- Compass Self Storage
- CubeSmart
- CVS
- Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Dallas Executive Airport
- Dallas Love Field Airport
- Danielson Airport
- Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts (Sequoia National Park)
- Denver International Airport
- Dillingham Airfield
- Doc’s Drugs, Ltd.
- Dolby Theatre
- Dominion Theatre
- Durham Performing Arts Center
- Eagle Creek Airpark
- Eastern Virginia Medical Center
- Ellington Airport
- Eppley Airfield
- Eugene O’Neill Theatre
- Extra Space Storage
- ezStorage
- Family Dollar
- Fashion Institute of Technology—New York
- Federal Realty Investment Trust
- Fifth Third Bank
- First Horizon National Corporation
- First Niagara Financial Group
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport
- Gap
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Gershwin Theatre
- Goldman Sachs
- Grand Haven Area Public Schools—Michigan
- Great Value Storage
- Greater Essex County District School Board—Ontario
- Groton-New London Airport
- Hana Airport
- Harrisburg Area Community College—Pennsylvania
- Hartford-Brainard Airport
- Hayward Unified School District—California
- Henderson Executive Airport
- Hendricks County Airport–Gordon Graham Field
- Hillsboro Airport
- Hilo International Airport
- Hodo Soy Beanery
- Hollywood Burbank Airport
- Hollywood Pantages Theatre
- Home Depot
- Honolulu International Airport
- HSBC Holdings
- Indianapolis Downtown Heliport
- Indianapolis International Airport
- Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport
- Indianapolis Regional Airport
- Intermix
- Internal Revenue Service
- iStorage
- James M. Nederlander Theatre
- Janie and Jack
- Jean Sport Aviation Center
- John C. Tune Airport
- John F. Kennedy International Airport
- John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- John Wayne Airport
- Johns Hopkins University—Maryland
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Kahului Airport
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kalaeloa Airport
- Kalaupapa Airport
- Kansas City International Airport
- Kapalua Airport
- KeyCorp
- Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group
- Knox County Schools—Tennessee
- Kona International Airport
- LAACO (Storage West)
- LaGuardia Airport
- Lanai Airport
- Lehigh University—Pennsylvania
- Le Moyne College—New York
- Lena Horne Theatre
- Lewisville Independent School District—Texas
- Life Time Fitness
- Lihue Airport
- Lincoln Property Company
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Los Angeles International Airport
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Louisville International Airport
- Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
- Manchester Boston Regional Airport
- Marquis Theatre
- Martin State Airport
- Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
- McCarron International Airport
- Memphis International Airport
- MetLife, Inc.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Miami International Airport
- Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport
- Miami Executive Airport
- Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport
- Mid-America Apartment Communities
- Millard Airport
- Millennium Partners Sports Club Management, LLC
- Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport
- Minskoff Theatre
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Molokai Airport
- Montefiore Medical Center—New York
- Morgan Stanley
- Morningstar Properties
- Move It Self Storage
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Nashville International Airport
- National Gallery of Art
- National Restaurant Association
- Nederlander Organization
- Nederlander Theatre
- Neil Simon Theatre
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
- New York City Police Department
- New York Community Bancorp, Inc
- Newark Liberty International Airport
- Newport State Airport
- Niagara Falls International Airport
- Norfolk International Airport
- North Central State Airport
- North Charleston Performing Arts Center
- North Las Vegas Airport
- North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport
- North Perry Airport
- Northern Arizona University
- Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall
- Old Navy
- Ontario International Airport Authority
- Page Field
- Palace Theatre
- Palm Beach County Glades Airport
- Palm Beach County Park Airport
- Palm Beach International Airport
- People’s United Financial, Inc.
- Perkins Field
- Peter O. Knight Airport
- Phoenix Deer Valley Airport
- Phoenix Goodyear Airport
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
- Pinnacle Family of Companies
- Pittsburgh International Airport
- Plant City Airport
- Platinum Storage Group
- PNC Bank
- Port Allen Airport
- Portland International Airport
- Portland-Troutdale Airport
- Presidente Supermarkets—Miami
- Prince George’s County Memorial Library System—Maryland
- Princeton Public Schools—New Jersey
- Public Storage
- Quonset Airport
- Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Regions Financial Corporation
- Reno-Stead Airport
- Reno-Tahoe International Airport
- Rickenbacker International Airport
- Richard Rodgers Theatre
- Rio Management
- Rogue Regional Medical Center—Oregon
- Ryan Airfield
- Safeguard Self Storage
- St. James Theatre
- San Diego Civic Theatre
- San Diego International Airport
- San Francisco International Airport
- San Jose International Airport
- Siemens Brazil
- Simon Property Group
- Skyline Theater at The Long Center
- Southwest Florida International Airport
- Sovran Self Storage (Uncle Bob’s)
- Starbucks Canada
- State Street Corporation
- State University of New York at New Paltz
- Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
- Stewart International Airport
- StorageMart
- Strategic Storage Trust
- Sun Loan Company
- SunTrust Banks, Inc.
- T.F. Green Airport
- Tampa Executive Airport
- Tampa International Airport
- Teavana
- Teays Valley Local School District—Ohio
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
- Temple Israel of Boston
- Teterboro Airport
- The Broadway Playhouse
- The National Theatre
- The Travelers Companies
- Toronto District School Board—Ontario
- Tractor Supply Company
- Trump Taj Mahal
- Tucson International Airport
- U-Haul International
- UnionBanCal Corporation
- United Services Automobile Association
- Universal Storage Group
- University at Albany, State University of New York
- University of California–San Francisco Medical Center
- University of Washington—Seattle
- Upolu Airport
- USA Drug (Stephen LaFrance Pharmacy)
- U.S. Bancorp
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. General Services Administration, Northeast Region
- U.S. Postal Service
- Van Nuys Airport
- Vina Robles Amphitheatre
- Virginia Beach Property Management Company
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Waimea-Kohala Airport
- Walgreens
- Walter Kerr Theatre
- Waterbury-Oxford Airport
- WCRE Group
- Wells Fargo
- Westat
- Westerly State Airport
- Westport Properties (US Storage Centers)
- William P. Hobby Airport
- William Warren Group (StorQuest)
- Windham Airport
- Winnipeg School Division—Manitoba
- W.P. Carey
Las siguientes compañías han dejado de vender trampas de pegamento:
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- Atlantic Superstore
- The Bargain! Shop
- Big Lots
- Big W (part of Woolworths Limited)
- Bloor Street Market
- Box by No Frills
- Bulkley Valley Wholesale
- Buy-Low Foods
- C&K Market
- Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
- Choices Markets’
- Coborn’s Pharmacy
- CVS
- Doc’s Drugs, Ltd.
- Dollar Days International
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Dollar Tree Canada
- Dominion
- Drugstore.com
- Duane Reade
- Extra Foods
- Fagen Pharmacy
- Family Dollar
- FIELDS
- Fortinos
- Gelson’s Markets
- Giant Tiger
- Home Retail Group
- Independent City Market
- JONS International Marketplace
- Loblaws
- Loblaws City Market
- Louis & Clark Drug, Inc.
- Marsh Supermarkets
- Maxi
- Maxi & Cie
- Meinhart Fine Foods
- Morton Drug Company
- Morton Pharmacy
- Natural Ginesis
- Nature’s Fare
- Nesters Market
- No Frills
- Northern Tool + Equipment
- Nugget Markets
- Overwaitea Foods
- PriceSmart Foods
- Provigo
- Publishers Clearing House
- Pure Integrative Pharmacy
- Quality Foods
- QuikTrip
- Real Canadian Superstore
- Red Apple
- Rite Aid
- Rossy
- Save-On-Foods
- Save Easy
- Sheridan Nurseries
- Shop Easy
- Shoppers Drug Mart
- Shoppers Food and Pharmacy
- Simon Property Group
- Solway Feeders—U.K.
- Target
- The Bargain! Shop
- Tools & Garden Ltd
- TotalVac, Inc.
- Urban Fare
- USA Drug (Stephen LaFrance Pharmacy)
- U.S. Dollar Store
- Valu-mart
- Walgreens
- Walmart Canada
- Your Independent Grocer
- Zehrs
Cientos de compañías e instituciones ya han dejado de usar y vender trampas de pegamento, gracias a consumidores comprometidos como tú que han actuado. Sigamos alzando la voz contra estas trampas inhumanas hasta que sean parte el pasado.
TERMINEMOS CON LAS VENTAS DE TRAMPAS DE PEGAMENTO
