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...
Nov 24, 2021 | Dog, Editorial, Illegal Trapping, Legislation, NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trap Victim Story, Trapping Banned on New Mexico Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands
Beginning in April, it will be illegal to use traps, snares and wildlife poison on public lands in New Mexico. That’s one positive outcome from the tragic death of an Española dog name Roxy — but it’s hard to be optimistic about the new law’s ability to be effective....
Oct 27, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Legislation, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trap/Snare Incident Report, Trapping on Public Lands
Dear TrapFree New Mexico Friend, This Monday, November 1st marks the start of New Mexico’s last trapping season on public lands. Thanks in large part to all that you did, Roxy’s Law will take effect on April 1st 2022 and effectively end the use of traps, snares, and...
Apr 8, 2021 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Extreme Animal Cruelty, Hiker, Legislation, Letter to the Editor, National Forest, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping Banned on New Mexico Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife
I would like to echo the sentiments of another letter and publicly thank the New Mexico Legislature and our governor for outlawing the use of traps, snares and similar devices on public lands in our state. Senate Bill 32, The Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety...
Mar 28, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Guest Column, Legislation, Office of Outdoor Recreation, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law)
BY SEN. ROBERTO GONZALES, / TAOS DEMOCRAT SEN. BRENDA MCKENNA, / CORRALES DEMOCRAT REP. MATTHEW MCQUEEN / GALISTEO DEMOCRAT AND REP. CHRISTINE CHANDLER / LOS ALAMOS DEMOCRAT New Mexico’s public lands are a treasure trove of opportunity for our state. They are...
Feb 11, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Legislation, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law)
Dear TrapFree New Mexico Friends, If you haven’t heard, Roxy’s Law to ban traps, snares, and poisons from New Mexico public lands has been introduced as Senate Bill 32 and already passed its first committee hearing with bipartisan support! Thank you everyone who sent...
Feb 2, 2021 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Coyote, Legislation, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trap Injuries, Trapping is Torture, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics
Santa Fe, NM — An anonymous good samaritan shared with Project Coyote a video showing the first-hand experience of encountering and rescuing a coyote ensnared in a leghold trap. This video comes at the same time the New Mexico legislature is considering Roxy’s Law, a...
Jan 17, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Dog, Fur Trade, Legislation, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trap Injuries, Trap Victim Story, Trapping on Public Lands, Uncategorized
UPDATE: Please Support Senate Bill 32 (Roxy’s Law) Dear TrapFree New Mexico Friends, We wanted to be sure you saw this alert from TrapFree NM partner, Animal Protection Voters. Click on the link below to send a message right now to your legislators, some of whom...
Dec 30, 2020 | Illegal Trapping, Legislation, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands
Roxy died a painful death at age 8. A blue heeler mix, she was strangled in a snare near a hiking trail at Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area. The state Game and Fish Department said a man from Chimayó set an illegal trap that took Roxy’s life. What happened to Roxy led...
Dec 7, 2020 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Coyote, Cruelty, Dog, Editorial, Endangered Species, Legislation, Mexican wolf, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Poisons, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Tourism Industry, Trap Injuries, Trapping Incidents Map, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
BY ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD Monday, December 7th, 2020 at 12:02am New Mexicans have worked hard over the years to do right by the animals in our state. We have banned cockfighting, horse tripping and coyote-killing contests. We have made dog fighting a...
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...
Nov 5, 2019 | Companion Animal, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Legislation, Mexican wolf, Roxy's Law, Trapping Incidents Map, Trapping on Public Lands
A coalition of conservation and animal protection groups has created an online map of illegal trapping incidents in 22 New Mexico counties. The TrapFree New Mexico map, unveiled Monday, includes 23 documented incidents of trapping violations between 2015 and 2018, and...
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...
Oct 15, 2019 | Banned Fur Sales, Banned Fur Trapping, Legislation
California on Wednesday became the first state to ban commercial fur trapping, ending the practice nearly 200 years after animals like beavers and otters introduced the American West to international trade. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he had signed a...
Sep 5, 2019 | Banned Fur Trapping, Legislation, Public Opinion, Trapping is Torture, Waste, Wildlife
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a measure Wednesday making the state the first to ban fur trapping, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Wildlife Protection Act bars commercial or recreational trapping on both private and public land, according to the...
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...
Feb 4, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, HB 366, Legislation
HB 366 the WILDLIFE PROTECTION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT Committee Hearing on Thursday, February 7 at 8 AM – NOTE: ARRIVE BY 7 AM TO GET A SEAT IN THE HEARING ROOM The bill to ban traps and poisons is set to be heard in the House Energy, Environment & Natural...
Jan 30, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, HB 366, Legislation, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands
Dear TrapFree New Mexico Friends, We are delighted to announce that a bill to prohibit traps and poisons on New Mexico public lands has been introduced into the state legislature! HB 366, the WILDLIFE PROTECTION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT, is being sponsored...
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 20, 2019 | 2019 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Dog, Legislation, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— A bill aiming to outlaw traps, snares and poison on public lands will be introduced to the legislature next week. It’s called Roxy’s Law. It’s named after a dog who died while trapped in a snare last year. The Trap-Free New Mexico coalition wants to...
