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We are Grant County, New Mexico citizens working alongside others in the state to focus public attention on the fact that steel-jaw leghold traps, steel-wire snares and other barbaric body-gripping animal traps are secreted all over the Gila National Forest and on other public lands in the state.

These traps are indiscriminate and unnecessarily cruel to companion animals and endangered species, as well as to their intended victims.

We hope this public attention will lead to banning these traps from public lands.

Report Trap Encounters

The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is compiling information about trapping incidents. If you have an encounter with a trap on public lands in New Mexico, please report your experience to them at

notraps@kitcarson.net.

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Many states have speed traps and tourist traps.

In New Mexico, we have other kinds of traps hidden, unmarked and scattered across our public lands:

Photo by Robert Lawton

Hikers to the beautiful Gila National Forest and other public lands in New Mexico may encounter traps all year round. Trapping of various "protected" furbearing animals is permitted from September 1 through May 15. Trapping of non-protected furbearing animals, such as coyotes and skunks, is permitted year round.

Please enjoy your visit to New Mexico’s wonderful public lands.

But please also watch that your small children and pets don’t get snared in one of these barbaric animal traps.

Please call the Governor of New Mexico (505-476-2200) and the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (505-476-8000) and politely tell them you do not want cruel traps on public lands in New Mexico. Also, you can contact the New Mexico Game Commissioners here.