Nov 14, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Abuse, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Banned Fur Trapping, Bobcat, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
A Chimayó man accused of setting a snare trap that caused the death of a dog named Roxy, which sparked a law outlawing trapping on public lands, has been found not guilty on all charges related to the 2018 incident. “It’s a sense of relief, obviously,” Marty Cordova...
Nov 13, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Abuse, Ban Traps on Public Lands, BLM Land, Cruelty, Dog, Extreme Animal Cruelty, Illegal Trapping, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trap Victim Story
Chimayó trapper Marty Cordova was acquitted by a jury this week of 10 counts of illegal trapping, three years after state officials alleged that he set a snare that strangled a dog near Española, his attorney said Thursday. The death of the dog, named Roxy, attracted...
Jun 11, 2021 | Abuse, Ban Fur Farms, Cruelty
Estonia just became the first Baltic state to ban fur farming. The Riigikogu (Estonia’s parliament) passed amendments to the existing Animal Protection Act and Nature Conservation Act on Wednesday. The act will now prohibit the breeding and keeping of animals solely...
Nov 29, 2020 | Abuse, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Commercial Fur Sales, Coyote, Cruelty, Fur Trade, Hiker, Public Lands, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife
LAS CRUCES – On Nov. 20, a man on his morning walk discovered multiple piles of dead and skinned coyotes off a main road near Santa Teresa. Kevin Bixby, executive director of the Southwest Environmental Center in Las Cruces, went to the site to check out the scene on...
Dec 2, 2018 | Abuse, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Dog, Public Lands, Rescue, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste
No animal deserves the agony inflicted by steel jaw, leg hold traps. This dog’s story and extreme injuries reiterate the need to ban deadly traps, snares, and poisons from public lands. From Argos, A Shelter Dog Rescue: Kekoa (Courageous One) suffered multiple...
Jan 18, 2017 | Abuse, Trap Injuries, Waste, Wildlife
A provocative exposé of the corrupt and inhumane trapping industry that kills between four and five million animals annually, perpetuated indiscriminately by the Wildlife Services arm of the US government.
Jul 15, 2015 | Abuse, Cruelty, Dog, Trap Injuries
A dog found walking on exposed bone stumps of missing back legs is thought to be a victim of a bear trap. Watch the KOAT news segment here: http://www.koat.com/article/dogs-former-owner-arrested/4477482 For more information on Cub please visit...
Mar 5, 2015 | Abuse, Cruelty, Dog, Trap Injuries
https://www.thedodo.com/miracle-dog-expose-trap-horror-1022299525.html Every year on public and private land throughout the country, thousands of animals suffer and die slow deaths after becoming ensnared in leghold traps, considered by some to be one of the cruelest...
