Long overdue

Mar 12, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Dog, Endangered Species, HB 366, Legislation, Letter to the Editor, Mexican wolf, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Roxy's Law, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands

Traps and snares are a threat to public land users, their dogs and wildlife, including endangered Mexican wolves, who are caught, maimed and killed by these indiscriminate devices. Steel jaw traps have been banned in over 100 countries and our neighboring states of...

TrapFree NM response to March 2, 2019 NBC News.com article

Mar 4, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cougar, Coyote, Dog, Endangered Species, Mexican wolf, Natural rodent control, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Management

Dear Mr. McCausland, Thank you so much for shining some light on trapping in the US and in particular in New Mexico in your recent article. I noticed that you embedded in it a video of how to remove a dog from a trap produced by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game....

Farmers and trappers say limiting animal trapping threatens a way of life

Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Fur Trade, HB 366, Illegal Trapping, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Trap Victim Story, Trapping Regulations, Uncategorized, Wildlife

NBCNews.com March 2, 2019 By Phil McCausland “I just think the tide has turned. There are too many people out there on those public lands, and it’s like we’re walking through a mine field,” said a New Mexico man whose dog died in a trap. An illegally-set steel...
Leg-Hold Traps Are Killing Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves

Leg-Hold Traps Are Killing Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves

Feb 20, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Endangered Species, HB 366, Mexican wolf, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management

Defenders of Wildlife has learned that four more Mexican gray wolves were trapped in New Mexico on land managed by the U.S. Forest Service over the last two months. Two of these wolves are from the Prieto Pack an all four trapping incidents occurred in New Mexico. At...
Officers charge Chimayó man in case that prompted ‘Roxy’s Law’ bill

Officers charge Chimayó man in case that prompted ‘Roxy’s Law’ bill

Feb 14, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Dog, HB 366, Illegal Trapping, NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands

State Game and Fish Department officers have charged a Chimayó man with more than 30 criminal counts in connection with illegal trapping — a case spurred by an investigation into how an Española man’s dog had been killed by an illegal snare trap at Santa Cruz Lake....

Indiscriminate traps kill, injure endangered Mexican wolves, impeding recovery

Feb 13, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, HB 366, Mexican wolf, Roxy's Law, Waste, Wildlife

Five lobos have been trapped since Nov. 2018 For immediate release February 13, 2019 Contacts: Christopher Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177,  Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8051,  Jessica...