YAKIMA -- Animal rights activists staged a protest at Lowe's today, advocating against mousetraps that catch rodents with glue. Demonstrators took a creative approach to show how it happens. A bikini-clad woman with Minnie Mouse ears writhed in a pool of sticky glue, while a protestor dressed as Mickey stood by her side.

"I couldn’t figure out what was going on," one driver told us.

A funny display, but for an issue PETA takes very seriously. Members say glue traps are the cruelest way to catch mice. They want stores like Lowe's to pull them from the shelves.

"Animals stuck in these traps suffer for days before they finally die of starvation, dehydration, self-mutilation or shock," says protester Kate Brindle.

Sometimes rodents even knaw off their legs to get free.

We asked Brindle if the eye candy factor of the display took away from the message.

"We live in a tabloid society," she says. "This is what it takes it get peoples' attention."

It did work, although many weren't convinced.

Terry Wagner says glue traps will remain his weapon of choice against rodents.

"You gotta get rid of them somehow and that seems to be the best way to do it," he says.

PETA urges people to use catch and release traps, so the mice aren't hurt.

"But even if you release them far away they still come back," argued one driver.

But for some people PETA's message hit home.

"I'm not going to buy any of those mousetraps that's for sure," says John Carruth. "Goodness, it's a little shocking."

A spokesperson for Lowe's says the store has listened to PETA concerns, and has reduced the number of glue traps it sells by half. Lowe's offers about 20 different products for rodent control, and says it wants to give customers all the options possible.