Mar 29, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Coyote, Deer, Lethal control, Natural rodent control, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law)
BY MICHELLE LUTE, PhD As a scientist advocating for evidence-based decision-making, I’m doing everything I can to promote Roxy’s Law, Senate Bill 32, to ban public lands trapping, snaring and poisoning in New Mexico. In my testimony and prior opinion pieces, I address...
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...
Oct 16, 2019 | Cruelty, Deer, Illegal Trapping, Trap Injuries, Trapping is Torture, Waste, Wildlife
Despite a valiant effort by La Cañada Flintridge residents and state wildlife officials to rescue a fawn spotted on Sept. 20 with a trap stuck on its leg, the creature died Saturday after being extricated from the likely illegal device. “It’s been so long this poor...