mumbai a whitethroated kingfisher desperately stuck in a powerful glue pad used to trap rodents was recently rescued by animal activists who later set it free after painstakingly removing the adhesive from its bodyour volunteer fenil heniya spotted the colourful bird on the glue trap at a housing societys garden in dahisar the bird was under tremendous stress its beak and feathers were badly stuck the more it tried to set itself free the more it got trapped in the deadly glue said sunish subramanian of the plant and animals welfare society pawsmumbai he said wildlife veterinarian dr manish pingle had to work for over two hours just to remove all the glue stuck on the bird while making sure the process didnt hurt the kingfishersubramanian said that after fully removing the bird from the glue pad pawsmumbai which works along with amma care foundation acf for animal welfare informed forest officials the kingfisher had to be nursed by our team members abhijeet sawant and siddhesh thavre for over four days it was only then that the bird was strong and fit enough to be released back in the wildseveral small mammals and birds keep getting trapped in such glue pads subramanian said sometimes a bird dies if its face gets fully buried into the gluethe ngo people for the ethical treatment of animals petaindia had earlier requested the authorities to ban ratcatching glue pads as it leads to animal cruelty sometimes a trapped animal even tries to chew off its own limbs to escape the terrible trap there are humane ways to undertake pest control said a member of pawsmumbai