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 Under-regulated and outdated, traps put citizens, pets, and non-target species at risk, including the endangered Mexican gray wolf.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
What will it take to ban traps on public lands?
Readers share their experiences with traps in N.M.'s wilds and call for action ABQ Journal February 27, 2018 Click for larger image
Ask the Bugman: Trapping is totally satanic
Trapping, while legal in many parts of the country, is a vulgar activity. The traps cause unbelievable suffering, including ripped flesh, broken bones, crushed pelvises, swelling and blood loss. The most insidious traps are the steel-jawed leghold traps. The...
Wildlife advocate’s dog snared by trap
A New Mexico woman and wildlife advocate who works to ban trapping recently encountered a steel foothold trap up close and personal while walking in the Cibola National Forest. Mary Katherine Ray of Winston said she was walking her two leashed dogs on Tuesday, along a...
This is what it sounds like when a dog gets trapped
WARNING: DISTURBING AUDIO OF SCREAMING DOG CAUGHT IN STEEL JAW TRAP
NM Hikers: Beware of Hidden Animal Traps on Public Lands
February 12, 2018 SANTA FE, N. M. – There's still a month left in the animal-trapping season and, with the weather warming, hikers on public lands need to exercise caution – especially if they bring their dogs along. Trapping for fox, badger, weasel, ringtail and...
Norway to Shut Down All Mink and Fox Fur Factories By 2025
Newsweek January 15, 2018 Norway introduced a total ban on fur farming which will go into full effect once the farms are shut down in 2025. Read the article in Newsweek
Placitas fox-rescuer wants record cleared
A man who released a fox from a foot-hold trap near Placitas recently has filed an appeal that seeks to have his record cleared of a criminal complaint made against him by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. The complaint, filed Jan. 11 in Sandoval County...
STOP! Trapping in New Mexico – Albuquerque Journal Letters to the Editor January 16, 2018
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Editorial: Trapping, killing contests should have no place in NM
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...
Man who freed fox from trap is in hot water
A man who recently released a fox from a foot-hold trap near Placitas found himself in a bind after the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish learned about the incident. Gary Miles, founder and owner of Placitas Animal Rescue, said a Game and Fish officer called him...