Outdoor recreationists encounter horrors during the first three weeks of the ‘20-‘21 trapping season

Outdoor recreationists encounter horrors during the first three weeks of the ‘20-‘21 trapping season

Nov 25, 2020 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Press Release, Public Lands, Public Safety, Rescue, Roxy's Law, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2020 New Mexicans are warned of gruesome sights and danger while on public lands over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend—on the two-year anniversary of the death of “Roxy,” the dog who became the namesake for anti-trapping legislation...
When tourists or their dogs step into traps, you can kiss new outdoor recreation industry goodbye

When tourists or their dogs step into traps, you can kiss new outdoor recreation industry goodbye

Apr 15, 2020 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Dog, Illegal Trapping, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Office of Outdoor Recreation, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Tourism Industry, Trapping on Public Lands

By Sherry Robinson New Mexico wants the traveling public to think of the state as a destination for outdoor recreation. For those of us who hike, bike, fish, hunt, and golf, that seems pretty obvious. The tourism industry and economic developers are on board. However,...
Inconsistency at Game and Fish: After state rejoins wolf recovery program, two pups caught in leghold traps

Inconsistency at Game and Fish: After state rejoins wolf recovery program, two pups caught in leghold traps

Dec 10, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Endangered Species, Illegal Trapping, Legislation, Mexican wolf, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Trap Injuries, Trapping Incidents Map, Trapping is Torture, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Management

In early November, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish formally rejoined the federal Mexican Wolf Recovery Program as a lead agency. The department signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a framework for...

TrapFree New Mexico releases map cataloguing trapping incidents in New Mexico

Nov 4, 2019 | Dog, Illegal Trapping, Mexican wolf, NM Department of Game and Fish, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Press Release, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Trap Victim Story, Trapping Incidents Map, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management

For Immediate Release November 4, 2019 Contacts: Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177, Mary Katherine Ray, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, 575-772-5655, Laura Bonar, Animal Protection of New Mexico &...
Coalition puts out online map of illegal trapping in N.M.

Interactive map tracks illegal trapping

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,...

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....

Clock is ticking – stand up against trapping

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...
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...

Farmers and trappers say limiting animal trapping threatens a way of life

Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Fur Trade, HB 366, Illegal Trapping, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Trap Victim Story, Trapping Regulations, Uncategorized, Wildlife

NBCNews.com March 2, 2019 By Phil McCausland “I just think the tide has turned. There are too many people out there on those public lands, and it’s like we’re walking through a mine field,” said a New Mexico man whose dog died in a trap. An illegally-set steel...
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....