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Two robins have been euthanised by an animal charity after becoming caught in a banned glue trap in Edinburgh city centre.<\/p>\n
The birds suffered severe injuries when their body and legs became stuck in an adhesive-coated tray left in the Grassmarket last month.<\/p>\n
MSPs voted in March to ban the traps, which are commonly used to catch vermin, but the new laws are still to come into force.<\/p>\n
The Scottish SPCA, which put down the birds, said it was an “inhumane method of pest control that has no place in modern society”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Warning: This article contains an image some people may find distressing.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The charity\u2019s special investigations inspector said the robins died a \u201chorrific\u201d death.<\/p>\n Baby mice and bats have also been euthanised after being stuck in the traps since the legislation was passed.<\/p>\n Four baby mice were found \u201cscreaming\u201d in pain after being stuck in a glue trap in Glasgow, while a bat was euthanised after being stuck in a trap in Aberdeenshire last weekend.<\/p>\n The Scottish SPCA described the traps as inhumane and warned that animals were at risk of death from dehydration, hunger or exposure if mistakenly caught.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The SSPCA said: \u201cThese traps are indiscriminate and will cause unnecessary suffering to any bird or animal caught in them.<\/p>\n \u201cThose setting the traps are obliged to stop unnecessary suffering by checking them regularly but there is no way of monitoring or enforcing this. <\/p>\n “Many of these traps are set in the wrong place which means birds and other animals can be trapped.”<\/p>\n