Editorial: Roxy’s case reveals trapping free-for-all; NM needs to ban it

Oct 28, 2019 | Dog, Editorial, Illegal Trapping, National Forest, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Trap Victim Story, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management

In what world does a man charged with 34 counts of illegal trapping – brought to light by the gruesome strangling of a family pet in a snare as her owner tried in vain to free her – get off scot-free because the state bungled the case? New Mexico, that’s where....
Evidence mishandling leads to dismissal in trapping case

Evidence mishandling leads to dismissal in trapping case

Oct 17, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Legislation, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Trap Victim Story, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife Management

The First Judicial District Attorney’s Office has dropped more than 30 counts of illegal trapping against a Chimayó man after a Magistrate Court judge found the state Game and Fish Department had failed to serve the man with a search warrant and then failed to save...

KRQE: Animal advocates call for change after dismissal of illegal trapping case

Oct 17, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Trap Victim Story, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Chimayo man was facing dozens of charges for illegally trapping animals after a family’s dog died in one of his traps. After a judge dismissed the case, animal advocates fear this will send the message that illegal trapping won’t be...

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....
Evidence mishandling leads to dismissal in trapping case

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....
Another dog injured in leghold trap

Another dog injured in leghold trap

Jan 25, 2019 | Dog, Public Lands, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands

For Immediate Release January 25, 2019 Contacts: Christopher Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177,  Mary Katherine Ray, Rio Grande Chapter Sierra Club, 575-772-5655  Another dog injured in leghold trap  Fibel “had...
Reps. Chandler, Gonzales, McQueen Co-Sponsoring Bill to Protect Native Wildlife and Companion Animals

Reps. Chandler, Gonzales, McQueen Co-Sponsoring Bill to Protect Native Wildlife and Companion Animals

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...
Evidence mishandling leads to dismissal in trapping case

Albuquerque Journal Editorial: Let this latest trapping death of a pet be NM’s last

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...
Evidence mishandling leads to dismissal in trapping case

Dog’s death spurs bill to ban trapping on public lands

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...
Evidence mishandling leads to dismissal in trapping case

A Dog Has Been Killed by a Trap in Northern New Mexico

Jan 8, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Dog, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste

Land Commissioner Pledges to Enact Policy, State Legislators Plan to Introduce “Roxy’s Law” For Immediate Release January 8, 2018 Contacts: Mary Katherine Ray, 575-772-5655,  Jessica Johnson, Animal Protection Voters, 505-220-6656, ...