Mar 6, 2017 | 2017 Legislative Session SM 100, Legislation, NM Department of Game and Fish
SENATE MEMORIAL 100 53rd legislature – STATE OF NEW MEXICO – first session, 2017 INTRODUCED BY Pete Campos A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE REGARDING THE FUTURE OF TRAPPING IN NEW MEXICO. WHEREAS, New Mexico is...
Mar 3, 2017 | 2017 Legislative Session SB 286, Cruelty, Legislation, Public Lands
By David J. Forjan / Tularosa Resident Friday, March 3rd, 2017 In the six decades I’ve been on this planet, American society has become continuously more violent. Movies, TV shows, video games. Mass shootings at churches, temples, mosques, schools. No one single event...
Feb 21, 2017 | Legislation, Public Lands, Wildlife
Mary Katherine Ray discusses Legislation on Trapping, Poisoning & Hunting Contests with Mary Katherine Ray, Sierra Club, Rio Grande Chapter on The Richard Eeds Show – February 14,...
Feb 19, 2017 | 2017 Legislative Session SB 286, Legislation
Senate Bill 286, the NM WILDLIFE PROTECTION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT to prohibit traps and poisons on New Mexico’s public lands has been rescheduled in the Senate Conservation Committee. It was taken off the agenda last week but is now back on. It will be heard...
Jan 21, 2017 | Cruelty, Dog, Editorial, Endangered Species, Legislation, Public Lands, Wildlife
There is a trio of wildlife bills proposed this legislative session that would cost the state – and thus taxpayers – nothing in cash while earning them the moral high ground when it comes to respecting New Mexico’s wildlife and ecosystems, which belong to those same...
Feb 21, 2013 | Legislation, National Forest, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands
By New Mexico State Representative Roberto “Bobby” Gonzales, Taos In Taos County, we are uniquely blessed with the natural beauty of the surrounding mountains, national forest lands and the Rio Grande Gorge. As residents, we all personally benefit from the...
Sep 16, 2011 | Cruelty, Dog, Legislation, NM Department of Game and Fish, Trap Injuries
The founder of a Santa Fe animal sanctuary had three dogs each missing one leg. A woman from San Cristobal told of her dogs — and her fingers — being caught in animal traps. They were two of about 75 people from all over the state who traveled to Albuquerque on...
