Roxy’s Law now in effect on New Mexico public lands 🐕

Nov 1, 2022 | NM Department of Game and Fish, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Trap/Snare Incident Report, Trapping Banned on New Mexico Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Wildlife

Dear Friends of TrapFree New Mexico, Thanks to the contributions of thousands of TrapFree New Mexico supporters, November 1, 2022 marks the beginning of a very different and vastly diminished wildlife trapping season in New Mexico. For the first time ever, all public...
Roxy’s Law Banning Traps, Snares, and Poisons on New Mexico Public Lands Goes Into Effect

Roxy’s Law Banning Traps, Snares, and Poisons on New Mexico Public Lands Goes Into Effect

Mar 31, 2022 | Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping Banned on New Mexico Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics

Dear TrapFree New Mexico Friend, Today’s the day we’ve all been waiting for: Roxy’s Law (the Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act) went into effect this morning, making the vast majority of all traps, snares, and poisons illegal on approximately 32 million...

Finally, recreate safely with no harmful traps on public lands

Mar 31, 2022 | Dog, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Tourism Industry, Trapping Banned on New Mexico Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics, Wildlife Management

BY JESSICA JOHNSON / CHIEF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OFFICER, ANIMAL PROTECTION VOTERS With warmer weather, many of us are reaching for our hiking boots, backpacks, and dog leashes – and we can finally breathe a little easier. That’s because, as of April 1, 2022, we have...

Trapping ban to take effect on public lands in New Mexico

Mar 31, 2022 | Mexican wolf, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping Banned on New Mexico Public Lands, Wildlife, Wildlife Management

ALBUQUERQUE – It will be illegal to use wildlife traps, snares and poison on public lands across New Mexico under a ban that takes effect Friday. New Mexico is joining less than a handful of Western states in either prohibiting or limiting trapping on public lands,...
Roxy’s anti-trapping legacy greater than botched trial

Roxy’s anti-trapping legacy greater than botched trial

Dec 1, 2021 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Dog, Extreme Animal Cruelty, Illegal Trapping, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trap Injuries, Trap Victim Story, Trapping Banned on New Mexico Public Lands, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife

BY JESSICA JOHNSON / CHIEF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OFFICER, ANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO AND ANIMAL PROTECTION VOTERS | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2021 AT 12:02AM Roxy – the beloved dog killed by a neck snare in 2018 while hiking with her family – may not have received...

Not guilty verdict aside, Roxy’s Law still matters

Nov 29, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Dog, Extreme Animal Cruelty, Illegal Trapping, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trap Injuries, Trap Victim Story, Trapping Banned on New Mexico Public Lands, Trapping is Torture, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife

The trapper accused of killing Roxy, a Northern New Mexico cattle dog who was strangled to death in a snare near Santa Cruz Lake, recently was found not guilty. The verdict was immensely disappointing. It feels like justice slipped through the cracks, alongside the...

Tradition is no excuse for abuse

Nov 21, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Dog, Extreme Animal Cruelty, Illegal Trapping, 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, Wildlife

Traps and snares are lethal devices that pose a real threat to people, pets and wildlife on public lands. That fact was made tragically clear when a dog named Roxy was strangled to death in a snare at a popular New Mexico recreation area in 2018. Senate Bill 32,...
Man whose trapping inspired ‘Roxy’s Law’ found not guilty on all counts

Man whose trapping inspired ‘Roxy’s Law’ found not guilty on all counts

Nov 14, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Abuse, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Banned Fur Trapping, Bobcat, Dog, Illegal Trapping, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management

A Chimayó man accused of setting a snare trap that caused the death of a dog named Roxy, which sparked a law outlawing trapping on public lands, has been found not guilty on all charges related to the 2018 incident. “It’s a sense of relief, obviously,” Marty Cordova...
Guest Column: Urge the governor to sign ‘Roxy’s Law’

Guest Column: Urge the governor to sign ‘Roxy’s Law’

Mar 29, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Extreme Animal Cruelty, North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics, Wildlife Management

BY CHARLES FOX The governor of Montana recently made news by sadistically – and illegally – trapping and killing a wolf as that state gears up to slaughter more of its native wildlife. Despite protests from numerous professional wildlife managers, the Montana...

New Mexico ban on traps and wildlife poisons clears Senate

Mar 10, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife, Wildlife Management

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico measure that would prohibit traps, snares and wildlife poisons from being used on public lands across cleared the Democratic-led Senate late Tuesday. The legislation passed despite four Democrats from rural areas breaking with their...

Majority of NM Senate agrees with majority of New Mexicans, says no more traps, snares, and poisons on public lands

Mar 10, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Mexican wolf, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Press Release, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Tourism Industry, Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics, Wildlife Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2021 Contacts: Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177, Jessica Johnson, Animal Protection Voters, 505-220-6656, Senate Bill 32, AKA “Roxy’s Law,” advances to the...

Making New Mexico safer with Roxy’s Law

Feb 19, 2021 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Dog, Mexican wolf, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Tourism Industry, Trap Injuries, Trap Victim Story, Trapping is Torture, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife

On a November evening in 2020, tourists hiking in Santa Fe County came across a dog caught in a leg hold trap just off the hiking trail — one of five dogs that month alone injured by hidden traps. This dog was in severe pain, dehydrated and slowly dying. But these two...

New Mexico Senate Conservation Committee supports Roxy’s Law

Feb 4, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics, Wildlife Management

Senate Bill 32 , the Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act, passed the Senate Conservation Committee by a vote of 7-to-2 on Tuesday. The bill would outlaw traps, snares, and poisons on public lands with exceptions for the protection of human health and safety,...

Senate committee endorses anti-trapping ‘Roxy’s Law’

Feb 3, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Public Lands, Public Safety, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management

A bill that would outlaw the use of traps, snares and wildlife poison on public lands in New Mexico cleared its first legislative hearing Tuesday. The Senate Conservation Committee voted 7-2 to endorse the Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act, also called...

“Roxy’s Law,“ bill to outlaw traps, snares, and wildlife poisons on public lands passes Senate Conservation Committee

Feb 2, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Ban Traps on Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics, Wildlife Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2021 Contacts: Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177, Jessica Johnson, Animal Protection Voters, (505) 220-6656, SANTA FE, N.M.—Today Senate Bill 32, the Wildlife Conservation...
Video Released Showing the Excruciating Experience of Rescuing a Coyote Caught in a Trap

Video Released Showing the Excruciating Experience of Rescuing a Coyote Caught in a Trap

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...
It’s time to end trapping in New Mexico

It’s time to end trapping in New Mexico

Jan 26, 2021 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Endangered Species, Furbearers, Mexican wolf, North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, Public Lands, Roxy's Law, Senate Bill 32 (Roxy's Law), Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics, Wildlife Management

My entire life, identity and work has centered around New Mexico’s incredible array of public lands and the diverse wildlife inhabiting those lands. We New Mexicans are truly blessed. It’s no surprise that so many of us, including myself, flock to the soul-nourishing...