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 Under-regulated and outdated, traps put citizens, pets, and non-target species at risk, including the endangered Mexican gray wolf.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
Bobcat Economic Value Study
Summary of Study from Wyoming Untrapped During the winter of 2016, a bobcat was frequently seen near the Madison River in Yellowstone. This single bobcat brought in tourists, photographers, and wildlife watchers from nationwide which resulted in an economic benefit to...
This bobcat brings in $308,000 a year
Nice write-up in the Washington Post. Tourism is huge in New Mexico producing 100,000 jobs and generating over $2 billion in total annual income. Trapping, not so much. A bobcat’s economic value depreciates almost 1,000 times the moment you put a bullet in it. This is...
Eva Mendes Takes a Look at the International Fur Trade
WARNING: VIOLENT IMAGERY OF ANIMALS TRAPPED, MUTILATED AND KILLED
Legislative Update: Senate Bill 286
UPDATE MARCH 18, 2017 The New Mexico legislature ended its 2017 session today without any further action on SB 286, the NM WILDLIFE PROTECTION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT. This billed stalled in its first hearing in the Senate Conservation Committee and no further action...
Senate Memorial 100 – DIALOGUE ON FUTURE OF TRAPPING IN NM
SENATE MEMORIAL 100 53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017 INTRODUCED BY Pete Campos A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE REGARDING THE FUTURE OF TRAPPING IN NEW MEXICO. WHEREAS, New Mexico is home to a...
Senators can’t even say the word ‘cruelty’
By David J. Forjan / Tularosa Resident Friday, March 3rd, 2017 In the six decades I’ve been on this planet, American society has become continuously more violent. Movies, TV shows, video games. Mass shootings at churches, temples, mosques, schools. No one single event...
RADIO INTERVIEW: Legislation on Trapping, Poisoning & Hunting Contests with Mary Katherine Ray, Sierra Club, Rio Grande Chapter
Mary Katherine Ray discusses Legislation on Trapping, Poisoning & Hunting Contests with Mary Katherine Ray, Sierra Club, Rio Grande Chapter on The Richard Eeds Show - February 14, 2017.
UPDATE – Senate Bill SB 286 to will be heard Tuesday, Feb 21, at 8 AM. Please arrive early if you plan to attend.
Senate Bill 286, the NM WILDLIFE PROTECTION & PUBLIC SAFETY ACT to prohibit traps and poisons on New Mexico's public lands has been rescheduled in the Senate Conservation Committee. It was taken off the agenda last week but is now back on. It will be heard this...
Editorial: NM trapping supporters should look at this photo
Albuquerque Journal, February 1, 2017 For years, those who support the archaic and barbaric practice of using leghold, bodygrip and snare traps have argued it’s simply a way of life and livelihood for a segment of New Mexico’s population. They wax nostalgic about...
Bobcat in barn still had foot caught in illegal trap
By Rick Nathanson / Albuquerque Journal From time to time, Christine Landers would encounter the same “beautiful” male bobcat in her Placitas barn early in the morning when she awoke to feed her horses and do other chores. They would briefly make eye contact before...