It really is. I understand being afraid of mice, but, unlike bugs(lol justifying myself here), they are animals and I couldn't bring myself to ENJOY seeing one die. Plus, it's torture, really. The mouse we caught was probably on that pad for at least a whole day, just pulsing it's little body in useless attempts to free itself. Broke my heart, even though days before I was on top of a kitchen chair with a bat in one hand and a broom in the other, lmfao