July 2013
After hearing from PETA, Westport Properties, which operates US Storage Centers, agreed to remove glue traps and ban their use! It did a thorough review of the 70-plus properties that it manages and found that two sites were using glue traps. The company wasn’t fond of condemning mice and other small animals to a slow death from dehydration or suffocation, so all its locations are now glue trap–free!
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE
— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind
