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 Under-regulated and outdated, traps put citizens, pets, and non-target species at risk, including the endangered Mexican gray wolf.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
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...
How bobcats, coyotes, and foxes help my farm
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NM lawmakers consider ban on trapping wildlife on public land
SANTA FE, N.M. - Supporters and opponents of HB 366, the Wildlife Protection and Public Safety Act, packed into the House committee room at the Roundhouse. The bill would ban trapping wildlife on public land. HB 366 was heard in its first House committee on Thursday...
Measure would ban trapping
After hearing nearly 2½ hours of often passionate public comment from dozens of people both for and against a bill that would make it illegal to trap, snare or poison wildlife on public lands, the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday...
Bill to make wildlife trapping illegal draws huge crowd
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) - As lawmakers consider banning all animal trappings on public lands, the proposal drew in a huge crowd at the Roundhouse. Critics claim it's inhumane to wildlife and that both legal and illegal traps are injuring pets, even people. Thursday...
Trapping bill highlights state’s urban-rural divide
Mary Katherine Ray has seen traps up close. One caught the leg of her dog Greta while they were hiking. “I will never forget the sound of Greta’s screaming,” Ray told a New Mexico legislative committee on Thursday. It was a story lawmakers heard over and over again —...
The Trapping Bill Committee Hearing is Scheduled!
HB 366 the WILDLIFE PROTECTION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT Committee Hearing on Thursday, February 7 at 8 AM - NOTE: ARRIVE BY 7 AM TO GET A SEAT IN THE HEARING ROOM The bill to ban traps and poisons is set to be heard in the House Energy, Environment & Natural...
Bill to Ban Traps on Public Lands Introduced!
Dear TrapFree New Mexico Friends, We are delighted to announce that a bill to prohibit traps and poisons on New Mexico public lands has been introduced into the state legislature! HB 366, the WILDLIFE PROTECTION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT, is being sponsored...
Make sure fewer animals suffer and die
By John Horning, Executive Director, WildEarth Guardians It’s always fitting to reflect on the life of Martin Luther King Jr., but even more so this time of year. I keep returning to his letter from the Birmingham jail. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice...