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...
Jan 25, 2021 | Bobcat, Caja del Rio Plateau, Hiker, Trap/Snare Incident Report, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife
January 2021: I found a dead skinned bobcat when hiking on public lands. It was a horrific scene with the fur cut off at the paws, and fur removed from the face and the rest of her body. I did not see a trap in the area but knew they were nearby – hidden – as trappers...
Jan 13, 2021 | Bobcat, Broken Bones, Cat, Coyote, Cruelty, Dog, Fox, Groundhog, NM Department of Game and Fish, Opossum, Porcupine, Raccoon, Sheep, Showshoe Hare, Skunk, Squirrel, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands, Weasel, Wolf
Robert Harrison, Ph.D, University of New Mexico[1] December, 2020 Summary: Wildlife enthusiasts are well aware of the potential of leghold traps to severely injure wild animals. Less appreciated is how many wild animals suffer such injuries in the course of an...
Dec 13, 2020 | Badger, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Beaver, Bobcat, Commercial Fur Sales, Coyote, Fox, NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Waste, Wildlife
On a warm November morning, a man taking a stroll through the amazing trails south of Santa Teresa discovered a pile of some forty dumped animals. What he first thought were dead greyhounds turned out to be coyotes. They had been killed and skinned, and left with only...Jan 18, 2020 | Bobcat, Fox, Mexican wolf, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
Wolves, pets remain at risk The New Mexico Game Commission approved trapping of bobcats, foxes, and other wildlife throughout the state on January 17. The decision reauthorizes the use of leghold traps, body-crushing traps, and strangulation snares that have killed...
Nov 3, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Bobcat, Coyote, Dog, Endangered Species, Fox, Illegal Trapping, Mexican wolf, NM Department of Game and Fish, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Trap Victim Story, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
Just in time for trapping season, a coalition calling itself Trap Free New Mexico is launching a new online interactive map that tracks incidences of illegal trapping and locations where dogs, Mexican gray wolves and even people have been caught in traps. Chris Smith,...Oct 20, 2019 | Bobcat, Coyote, Cruelty, Deer, Fair Chase Hunting, Fox, Illegal Trapping, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Public Safety, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Waste, Wildlife
Albuquerque Journal Guest Column by SUZANNE REED Many of us New Mexicans are – or know – people who “fair chase” hunt on our public lands. Our state Department of Game & Fish (DGF) rules give over 80,000 licensed hunters seasonal opportunities to shoot wildlife...Sep 9, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Bobcat, NM State Game Commission, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Wildlife
In the waning days of the Susana Martinez administration, the Department of Game and Fish and the state Game Commission entertained marginal changes to state trapping regulations. It was, in the words of former Game Commission Chair Paul Kienzle, “play(ing) some...Sep 6, 2019 | Banned Fur Sales, Banned Fur Trapping, Bobcat, Fur Trade, Trapping on Public Lands
Wildlife advocates celebrate new law, look ahead to possible statewide ban on sale of fur. California just became the first state in the country to ban fur trapping, solidifying its position as a trailblazer on wildlife issues. The Wildlife Protection Act of 2019,...
Jan 21, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Bobcat, Dog, Legislation, NM Department of Game and Fish, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Trapping is Torture, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
Drivers in Albuquerque and Las Cruces are confronting a brutal reality about wildlife management in New Mexico thanks to a series of billboards, bus shelter ads, and bus banners recently unveiled by WildEarth Guardians. The billboards feature a bobcat in a steel...
Jan 12, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Bobcat, Cougar, Dog, Editorial, Endangered Species, Fox, Mexican wolf, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands
It’s barbaric. It’s dangerous. It’s archaic and a practice whose time has come and gone. Yet unlike too many of its victims, trapping is alive and well in New Mexico. There are those who hope to change that – including a dog owner who recently saw his beloved pet...
Jan 10, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Bobcat, Coyote, Dog, Endangered Species, Fox, Illegal Trapping, Mexican wolf, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife
A dog’s gruesome death at Santa Cruz Lake in a trap meant for wild animals has spurred a coalition of advocacy groups to call for New Mexico to ban trapping on public lands. State Reps. Matthew McQueen, D-Galisteo, and Bobby Gonzales, D-Taos, will sponsor a bill to...
Jan 9, 2019 | Bobcat, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife
BY T. S. LAST / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 at 11:35pm Copyright © 2019 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Dave Clark says he doesn’t want anyone else to go through what he has. Not just the horror of watching his beloved 8-year-old heeler mix choke to...
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...
Jul 28, 2017 | Bobcat, Economic Analysis
Summary of Study from Wyoming Untrapped During the winter of 2016, a bobcat was frequently seen near the Madison River in Yellowstone. This single bobcat brought in tourists, photographers, and wildlife watchers from nationwide which resulted in an economic benefit to...
Jul 19, 2017 | Bobcat, Economic Analysis
Nice write-up in the Washington Post. Tourism is huge in New Mexico producing 100,000 jobs and generating over $2 billion in total annual income. Trapping, not so much. A bobcat’s economic value depreciates almost 1,000 times the moment you put a bullet in it. This is...
Feb 5, 2017 | Bobcat, Illegal Trapping, Trap Injuries, Waste, Wildlife
Albuquerque Journal, February 1, 2017 For years, those who support the archaic and barbaric practice of using leghold, bodygrip and snare traps have argued it’s simply a way of life and livelihood for a segment of New Mexico’s population. They wax nostalgic about...
Jan 30, 2017 | Bobcat, Illegal Trapping, Trap Injuries, Waste, Wildlife
By Rick Nathanson / Albuquerque Journal From time to time, Christine Landers would encounter the same “beautiful” male bobcat in her Placitas barn early in the morning when she awoke to feed her horses and do other chores. They would briefly make eye contact before...
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... 
