New Mexicans want safe, trap-free public lands!
Trap Free New Mexico is a coalition of citizens, conservation organizations and animal welfare groups who oppose the cruel, damaging, and dangerous practice of trapping in New Mexico. Under-regulated and outdated, traps put citizens, pets, and non-target species at risk, including the endangered Mexican gray wolf. We seek to ban traps in New Mexico for the sake of public safety and New Mexico’s native wildlife.
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News & Updates
TrapFree NM response to March 2, 2019 NBC News.com article
Dear Mr. McCausland, Thank you so much for shining some light on trapping in the US and in particular in New Mexico in your recent article. I noticed that you embedded in it a video of how to remove a dog from a trap produced by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game....
Farmers and trappers say limiting animal trapping threatens a way of life
NBCNews.com March 2, 2019 By Phil McCausland "I just think the tide has turned. There are too many people out there on those public lands, and it’s like we’re walking through a mine field,” said a New Mexico man whose dog died in a trap. An illegally-set steel cable...
House Bill 366: Wildlife Protection & Public Safety Act
“Roxy’s Law” to Restrict Traps, Snares, and Poisons on Public Lands SPONSORS: Rep. Matthew McQueen, Rep. Christine Chandler, Rep. Bobby Gonzales The Wildlife Protection & Public Safety Act bans the use of traps, snares, and poisons on New Mexico’s public...
Fox Killed by M-44 Cyanide Device
These photos were taken in Torrance County, NM by a wildlife biologist. This gray fox was killed by an M44 sodium cyanide device that is not uncommonly used on both private and public land to “control” carnivores. These devices and a variety of traps are...
Leg-Hold Traps Are Killing Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves
Defenders of Wildlife has learned that four more Mexican gray wolves were trapped in New Mexico on land managed by the U.S. Forest Service over the last two months. Two of these wolves are from the Prieto Pack an all four trapping incidents occurred in New Mexico. At...
APNewsBreak: Mexican wolves caught in traps in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The death of a Mexican gray wolf and injuries to another prompted environmentalists on Tuesday to call on New Mexico lawmakers to ban trapping on public land. Defenders of Wildlife said four wolves have been caught in traps in New Mexico over...
Officers charge Chimayó man in case that prompted ‘Roxy’s Law’ bill
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....
Indiscriminate traps kill, injure endangered Mexican wolves, impeding recovery
Five lobos have been trapped since Nov. 2018 For immediate release February 13, 2019 Contacts: Christopher Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177, Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8051, Jessica...
Endangered wolves being caught in traps in New Mexico
The death of a Mexican gray wolf and injuries to another prompted environmentalists on Tuesday to call on New Mexico lawmakers to ban trapping on public land. Defenders of Wildlife said four wolves have been caught in traps in New Mexico over the past two months. The...
Telling the scientific truth about coyotes
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...