Mar 28, 2022 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Coyote, Letter to the Editor, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping Banned on New Mexico Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Wildlife Ethics, Wildlife Killing Contests, Wildlife Management
Traps, snares and poisons are lethal devices that have inflicted serious harm on people, pets and wildlife across the state for a very long time. But, fortunately, times are changing. The Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act, also known as “Roxy’s Law” – named...
Jan 17, 2020 | Wildlife, Wildlife Killing Contests, Wildlife Management
Regulation abolishes competitive killing of wild animals for prizes and entertainment Boston, MA – A coalition of leading wildlife protection organizations is applauding MassWildlife staff and the Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife Board for their vote today to ban...Feb 10, 2019 | Coyote, Wildlife, Wildlife Killing Contests, Wildlife Management
Eva Woods’ op-ed (“Legislators, listen to agricultural, rural experts,” Looking In, Jan. 29) about coyotes is replete with scientific errors and largely ignores the substantial body of scientific literature on the biology and ecology of coyotes. If we cannot agree...
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...
