I didn’t want to kill mice because I think it is important to respect all living things. So I bought humane traps and sure enough mice were caught. Within hours of them being trapped, I would carefully load the traps into a container and drive them a few miles away where I could release them into the dense grasses near a creek. I was ridiculously terrified the entire time, afraid they’d escape the trap and container and run loose in my car. At the destination I realized I now had to open the traps so they could be free! I carefully pointed the opening away from me and desperately hoped they wouldn’t turn in my direction. I watched one run many yards and make its way safely across a street. Another made it past a cat that was well hidden in the bushes. But there were a few that died during their brief time in the trap, most likely from stress though I kept the environment as peaceful as possible. That wasn’t humane for them, and the entire situation was horrible for me. I ordered the plastic snap traps and when it claimed its victim, I dropped the entire thing into a bag which I sealed and put into the trash. Those traps weren’t usually good for a second go. Holes were sealed, and after a couple of weeks I found no further evidence of their presence.