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 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....
Sep 16, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Economic Analysis, Editorial, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife, Wildlife Management
On the face of it, the announcement last month the New Mexico Game and Fish Department is considering banning the use of poison, as well as traps and snares in four high-use areas and at hiking trailheads, sounded good. Because after all, that’s what smoke and mirrors...
Aug 19, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is proposing to the State Game Commission changes to the trapping rules. These proposals are inadequate to protect people, pets, and wildlife. Please attend the Santa Fe meeting of the NM State Game Commission and share your...
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....
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...
Sep 1, 2018 | NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife
Guest Column by Christopher Smith, Southern Rockies wildlife advocate for WildEarth Guardians. If you’ve been around New Mexico enough, you’ve likely seen New Mexico Department of Game and Fish vehicles with stickers that read “Take a child hunting, fishing or...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
