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 Under-regulated and outdated, traps put citizens, pets, and non-target species at risk, including the endangered Mexican gray wolf.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
Another dog injured in leghold trap
For Immediate Release January 25, 2019 Contacts: Christopher Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177, Mary Katherine Ray, Rio Grande Chapter Sierra Club, 575-772-5655 Another dog injured in leghold trap Fibel “had...
Ruidoso News: Trapping ban sought on public lands
Billboard makes the case against trapping on public land as legislators meet to debate bill Drivers in Albuquerque and Las Cruces are confronting a brutal reality about wildlife management in New Mexico thanks to a series of billboards, bus shelter ads and bus banners...
Albuquerque Journal Letters: Readers protest trapping and want it banned on NM’s public lands
Reps. Chandler, Gonzales, McQueen Co-Sponsoring Bill to Protect Native Wildlife and Companion Animals
Drivers in Albuquerque and Las Cruces are confronting a brutal reality about wildlife management in New Mexico thanks to a series of billboards, bus shelter ads, and bus banners recently unveiled by WildEarth Guardians. The billboards feature a bobcat in a steel...
Dog inspires legislation to ban trapping
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— A bill aiming to outlaw traps, snares and poison on public lands will be introduced to the legislature next week. It’s called Roxy’s Law. It’s named after a dog who died while trapped in a snare last year. The Trap-Free New Mexico coalition wants to...
Another trap victim dies
From Argos, A Shelter Dog Rescue January 12 at 8:57 AM "It is with a very heavy heart and many tears that we had to say goodbye to Ranger this morning. Ranger was brought into Argos on 1/10/19 by some very caring and loving folks. This sweet old soul was another...
TrapFree New Mexico billboards in Albuquerque and Las Cruces
Albuquerque Journal Editorial: Let this latest trapping death of a pet be NM’s last
It’s barbaric. It’s dangerous. It’s archaic and a practice whose time has come and gone. Yet unlike too many of its victims, trapping is alive and well in New Mexico. There are those who hope to change that – including a dog owner who recently saw his beloved pet...
Dog’s death spurs bill to ban trapping on public lands
A dog’s gruesome death at Santa Cruz Lake in a trap meant for wild animals has spurred a coalition of advocacy groups to call for New Mexico to ban trapping on public lands. State Reps. Matthew McQueen, D-Galisteo, and Bobby Gonzales, D-Taos, will sponsor a bill to...
Bill to prohibit public land trapping planned
BY T. S. LAST / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 at 11:35pm Copyright © 2019 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Dave Clark says he doesn’t want anyone else to go through what he has. Not just the horror of watching his beloved 8-year-old heeler mix choke to...