Sep 1, 2018 | NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife
Guest Column by Christopher Smith, Southern Rockies wildlife advocate for WildEarth Guardians. If you’ve been around New Mexico enough, you’ve likely seen New Mexico Department of Game and Fish vehicles with stickers that read “Take a child hunting, fishing or...
Aug 6, 2018 | Coyote, Cruelty, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife
TrapFree New Mexico has stickers. Contact us if you would like some to display or distribute.
Aug 1, 2018 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Coyote, Cruelty, Public Lands, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife
Coyote paw bones in rusty steel jaw trap. Traps like this are scattered across our public lands, posing a risk to anything with legs that tough the ground.
Jun 27, 2018 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Dog, Editorial, Endangered Species, Mexican wolf, Public Opinion, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife
The public only recently learned that a man intentionally set a leg-hold trap on public land to illegally capture an endangered Mexican wolf in 2015 (“Catron County man pleads guilty to killing Mexican gray wolf,” Albuquerque Journal, May 25). Once captured, still...
Jun 11, 2018 | Dog, Public Lands, Trap Victim Story
I was leading a Sierra Club outing when a Jack Russell took off barking with enthusiasm and delight only to be caught in a baited trap. I knew how to open the trap, but the terrified and hurt animal bit his owner before we could release him. The outing ended then as...
May 21, 2018 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Bobcat, Dog, Fox, Fur Trade, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Waste, Wildlife
Three-legged wolf, tortured bobcat, injured raven, trapped pet dogs, and dumped wildlife carcasses highlight the toll on animal welfare and public safety For immediate release May 21, 2018 Contacts: Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177,...
Apr 18, 2018 | Bobcat, Coyote, Fox, Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife
This is a pile of skinned coyote, fox, and bobcat carcasses dumped by the side of the road, paws still intact. This was found by the side of a dirt road in New Mexico. Trapping animals and taking their fur is a waste of a valued public asset. Wildlife belongs to all...
Mar 29, 2018 | Cruelty, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Trap Injuries
In March 2018 a dog was found in Las Cruces dragging a steel trap on its paw. This is the X-ray showing broken and misplaced bones. Click here to read the story » ...
Mar 21, 2018 | Banned Fur Sales, Fur Trade
San Francisco has become the largest U.S. city to ban fur sales after the city’s Board of Supervisors voted on legislation Tuesday. The ban will go into effect on January 1, 2019, and gives retailers until January 2020 to sell of their existing fur stock. The fur...
Mar 12, 2018 | Fox, Fur Trade, NM Department of Game and Fish, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
The image of the fox caught in a trap near Placitas was surely startling to many Journal readers. In the weeks since the publication of this incident, a vibrant discourse has arisen concerning the merits and pitfalls of trapping and, more generally, managing wildlife...
Feb 28, 2018 | Cruelty, Dog, Fox, Hiker, Public Lands, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife
Readers share their experiences with traps in N.M.’s wilds and call for action ABQ Journal February 27, 2018 Click for larger image
Feb 27, 2018 | Cruelty, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife
Trapping, while legal in many parts of the country, is a vulgar activity. The traps cause unbelievable suffering, including ripped flesh, broken bones, crushed pelvises, swelling and blood loss. The most insidious traps are the steel-jawed leghold traps. The...
Feb 17, 2018 | Cibola National Forest, Dog, Hiker, Trapping on Public Lands, Uncategorized
A New Mexico woman and wildlife advocate who works to ban trapping recently encountered a steel foothold trap up close and personal while walking in the Cibola National Forest. Mary Katherine Ray of Winston said she was walking her two leashed dogs on Tuesday, along a...
Feb 15, 2018 | Audio, Cruelty, Dog, Hiker, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands
WARNING: DISTURBING AUDIO OF SCREAMING DOG CAUGHT IN STEEL JAW TRAP
Feb 12, 2018 | Trapping on Public Lands
February 12, 2018 SANTA FE, N. M. – There’s still a month left in the animal-trapping season and, with the weather warming, hikers on public lands need to exercise caution – especially if they bring their dogs along. Trapping for fox, badger, weasel, ringtail...
Feb 6, 2018 | Fur Trade
Newsweek January 15, 2018 Norway introduced a total ban on fur farming which will go into full effect once the farms are shut down in 2025. Read the article in Newsweek
Jan 21, 2018 | Fox, NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Rescue
A man who released a fox from a foot-hold trap near Placitas recently has filed an appeal that seeks to have his record cleared of a criminal complaint made against him by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. The complaint, filed Jan. 11 in Sandoval County...
Jan 16, 2018 | Editorial, Fox, Public Lands, Wildlife
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Jan 10, 2018 | Coyote, Editorial, Fox, NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Wildlife Killing Contests
Welcome to the Land of Enchantment, where: If you find a wild animal caught in a trap, you can neither free it nor put it out of its misery. You can kill as many non-game animals – porcupines, prairie dogs, rabbits, ground squirrels, Himalayan tahrs, skunks, feral...
Jan 8, 2018 | Fox, Public Lands, Trap Injuries, Wildlife
A man who recently released a fox from a foot-hold trap near Placitas found himself in a bind after the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish learned about the incident. Gary Miles, founder and owner of Placitas Animal Rescue, said a Game and Fish officer called him...
