Jan 4, 2019 | Dog, Public Lands, Trap Injuries
WARNING: Some pictures in this story are graphic. When Argos Animal Rescue first found Kekoa, they didn’t think he would make it through the night. Now, after a miraculous recovery, he’s acting as their poster pup for change. “He tried to chew his...
Dec 2, 2018 | Abuse, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Dog, Public Lands, Rescue, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste
No animal deserves the agony inflicted by steel jaw, leg hold traps. This dog’s story and extreme injuries reiterate the need to ban deadly traps, snares, and poisons from public lands. From Argos, A Shelter Dog Rescue: Kekoa (Courageous One) suffered multiple...
Aug 1, 2018 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Coyote, Cruelty, Public Lands, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife
Coyote paw bones in rusty steel jaw trap. Traps like this are scattered across our public lands, posing a risk to anything with legs that tough the ground.
Mar 29, 2018 | Cruelty, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Trap Injuries
In March 2018 a dog was found in Las Cruces dragging a steel trap on its paw. This is the X-ray showing broken and misplaced bones. Click here to read the story » ...
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 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...
Feb 5, 2017 | Bobcat, Illegal Trapping, Trap Injuries, Waste, Wildlife
Albuquerque Journal, February 1, 2017 For years, those who support the archaic and barbaric practice of using leghold, bodygrip and snare traps have argued it’s simply a way of life and livelihood for a segment of New Mexico’s population. They wax nostalgic about...
Jan 30, 2017 | Bobcat, Illegal Trapping, Trap Injuries, Waste, Wildlife
By Rick Nathanson / Albuquerque Journal From time to time, Christine Landers would encounter the same “beautiful” male bobcat in her Placitas barn early in the morning when she awoke to feed her horses and do other chores. They would briefly make eye contact before...
Jan 18, 2017 | Abuse, Trap Injuries, Waste, Wildlife
A provocative exposé of the corrupt and inhumane trapping industry that kills between four and five million animals annually, perpetuated indiscriminately by the Wildlife Services arm of the US government.
Jan 2, 2017 | Companion Animal, Cruelty, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Trap Injuries
Article in Making Tracks, Winter 2016 Issue In August 2016, APNM’s Cruelty Case Manager was alerted to an extreme animal cruelty case in which two missing dogs in Taos were found severely injured, caught in cruel leg-hold traps on a neighbor’s property. Both were...
Jul 15, 2015 | Abuse, Cruelty, Dog, Trap Injuries
A dog found walking on exposed bone stumps of missing back legs is thought to be a victim of a bear trap. Watch the KOAT news segment here: http://www.koat.com/article/dogs-former-owner-arrested/4477482 For more information on Cub please visit...
Mar 5, 2015 | Abuse, Cruelty, Dog, Trap Injuries
https://www.thedodo.com/miracle-dog-expose-trap-horror-1022299525.html Every year on public and private land throughout the country, thousands of animals suffer and die slow deaths after becoming ensnared in leghold traps, considered by some to be one of the cruelest...
Mar 15, 2012 | Dog, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Trap Injuries, Trapping on Public Lands
San Cristobal resident Maya Anthony ended up with more injuries than her dog Joker after the pet was caught in a leg-hold trap during a family outing in the Carson National Forest near Taos last month. Panicked by the pain and trauma of being caught in the trap, Joker...
Mar 7, 2012 | Dog, Public Lands, Trap Injuries
SANTA FE, N.M. — A dog was caught in a wildlife trap during a family hike north of Taos on Feb. 26, not far from where a couple of dogs were caught in traps in late 2010. In the most recent case, one of the dog’s owners — 17-year-old Maya Anthony of San Cristobal —...
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...
