Jan 23, 2023 | Banned Fur Sales, Commercial Fur Sales, Cruelty, Extreme Animal Cruelty, Fox, Fur Free Fashion, Fur Trade, Legislation, Public Opinion, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics
Californians can now officially celebrate the end of fur sales in the Golden State. A statewide ban on the sale of new animal fur products went into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, making California the first state in the U.S. to implement such a ban. Its citizens have waited...
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...
Oct 3, 2019 | Fox, Illegal Trapping, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Uncategorized, Waste, Wildlife
SANTA FE – A dead fox was found in a trap on the eastern outskirts of Santa Fe Wednesday, and a WildEarth Guardians representative says the cage trap may have been illegal. WildEarth’s Christopher Smith said a runner found the trap with the fox about 15 feet off of...
Feb 26, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Fox, HB 366, M-44 Cyanide Device, Poisons, Roxy's Law
These photos were taken in Torrance County, NM by a wildlife biologist. This gray fox was killed by an M44 sodium cyanide device that is not uncommonly used on both private and public land to “control” carnivores. These devices and a variety of traps are...
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...
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...
Mar 12, 2018 | Fox, Fur Trade, NM Department of Game and Fish, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
The image of the fox caught in a trap near Placitas was surely startling to many Journal readers. In the weeks since the publication of this incident, a vibrant discourse has arisen concerning the merits and pitfalls of trapping and, more generally, managing wildlife...
Feb 28, 2018 | Cruelty, Dog, Fox, Hiker, Public Lands, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife
Readers share their experiences with traps in N.M.’s wilds and call for action ABQ Journal February 27, 2018 Click for larger image
Jan 21, 2018 | Fox, NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Rescue
A man who released a fox from a foot-hold trap near Placitas recently has filed an appeal that seeks to have his record cleared of a criminal complaint made against him by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. The complaint, filed Jan. 11 in Sandoval County...
Jan 16, 2018 | Editorial, Fox, Public Lands, Wildlife
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Jan 10, 2018 | Coyote, Editorial, Fox, NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Wildlife Killing Contests
Welcome to the Land of Enchantment, where: If you find a wild animal caught in a trap, you can neither free it nor put it out of its misery. You can kill as many non-game animals – porcupines, prairie dogs, rabbits, ground squirrels, Himalayan tahrs, skunks, feral...
Jan 8, 2018 | Fox, Public Lands, Trap Injuries, Wildlife
A man who recently released a fox from a foot-hold trap near Placitas found himself in a bind after the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish learned about the incident. Gary Miles, founder and owner of Placitas Animal Rescue, said a Game and Fish officer called him... 
