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 Under-regulated and outdated, traps put citizens, pets, and non-target species at risk, including the endangered Mexican gray wolf.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
Born Free USA Trapping Investigation: Victims of Vanity II
Five Years Later, Cruel Indifference Continues Over the course of the 2015-2016 trapping season, Born Free USA conducted a follow-up investigation to Victims of Vanity: our landmark investigation in 2011 that exposed the dark, brutal world of trapping. Since the...
Predator Control Should Not be a Shot in the Dark
Livestock owners traditionally use various non-lethal and lethal methods to protect their domestic animals from wild predators. However, many of these methods are implemented without first considering experimental evidence of their effectiveness in mitigating...
Research Review Finds that Weak Science has Bolstered the U.S. Government’s Predator-Control Practices
From their review of the prevailing research into lethal and non-lethal predator control practices in North America and Europe, an international trio of environmental scientists has determined that the science behind the reviewed research is not very scientific. In...
The Case for Mass Slaughter of Predators Just Got Weaker
A new study finds little evidence that lethal predator control does anything to help ranchers. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment found that there's little scientific evidence that killing predators actually accomplishes the...
New Report Reveals US Lags Behind Other Countries in Restricting Use of Cruel Traps
Steel-jaw leghold traps, widely criticized for being indiscriminate and inhumane, are presently prohibited or significantly restricted in the majority of countries around the world-but not the United States. According to research released today by the Library of...
Animal Protection Groups Challenge Illegal Expansion of Cougar Trapping in New Mexico
Animal Protection of New Mexico, The Humane Society of the United States and New Mexico citizens announce appeal of the State Game Commission's cougar trapping rule In a joint effort to ensure responsible, science-based wildlife management practices and protect New...
Las Cruces Sun-News Editorial: More traps, snares in NM not the answer
First, Rep. Zachary Cook, R-Ruidoso, introduced legislation that would have allowed for the indiscriminate killing of cougars. It would have legalized the same kind of hunting contests we now have with coyotes - shoot as many as you can and then leave the carcasses...
Trap victim calls for removal of leg-hold traps on public lands
Z Jacobson was hiking with her dogs, Noodles and Lulu, and a friend along a new trail off Old Buckman Road in the Santa Fe National Forest on Thanksgiving Day. During the hike, they walked over to a cliff and were admiring the view when Jacobson heard what she...
Steel Jawed Killers Lie in Wait in Our Woods
There is a dangerous predator in the Jemez that you might not be aware of. It's quiet. It lies in wait for unsuspecting prey. It's virtually invisible, indiscriminate, and here year-round. It causes untold suffering and often a painful, prolonged death ... yet we...
America’s trapping boom relies on cruel and grisly tools
Across the United States, the resurgence of a frontier tradition - commercial fur trapping - is taking a hidden, often grisly toll on wildlife. The activity is legal. It is regulated by state agencies. And for the most part, it doesn't pose a threat to species'...