Dec 23, 2019 | Bear, Cruelty, Lethal control, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
By Jan Hayes, Founder, Sandia Mountain Bear Watch The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has recently released its Final Adopted Bear Rule for the next five years, 2020-24, and the news is not good for New Mexico’s bears or for those of us who had hoped for some...
Nov 26, 2019 | Banned Fur Sales, Bear, Cruelty, Fur Free Fashion, Public Opinion, Uncategorized, Wildlife
She has sat next to Anna Wintour at London Fashion Week and awarded Stella McCartney the Order of the British Empire. Now Queen Elizabeth II is building on her fashion-forward reputation: The 93-year-old monarch will stop buying clothing made with real fur, the...
Nov 25, 2018 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Bear, Cougar, Coyote, Cruelty, Endangered Species, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
New Mexico’s wildlife is a unique natural asset to be enjoyed by all citizens forever. This is not some wolf-hugger’s fantasy; wildlife as a public trust is deeply rooted in common law and the judicial record of the United States. State wildlife managers are obligated...
Oct 22, 2011 | Bear, Bobcat, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations
October 2011 New Mexicans are increasingly moving toward a consensus that foothold trapping of furbearer animals ought to be more closely regulated — if not mostly banned, as our neighbors in Arizona did in 1994. Unfortunately, at the same time the New Mexico State...
