After a pleasant walk on a sunny day in Crescent Beach was disrupted by a suffering animal, a local resident wants to raise awareness about the use of glue traps, and how inhumane they can be.

Ocean Park resident Debbie Madsen, whose sister and niece were visiting on a recent sunny August day, were headed for ice cream on Beecher Street after working up an appetite walking along the ocean.

But on their way to the ice cream shop, they saw a crow with some kind of sturdy plastic stuck to its wings.

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A nearby neighbour came out and told her it was a glue trap.

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While glue traps, or glue boards, are legal, they can often cause unnecessary pain and suffering, as animals are often left in the trap for a long time until they die, which is a traumatic experience for the animal and the people who may witness it, the BC SPCA says on its website.

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Madsen agreed.

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The glue trap was really sticky, and she had a hard time getting it off, but eventually, was successful.

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For more information, the BC SPCA offers several tips about how people can humanely try to control rodents and .