A coalition of conservation and animal protection groups has created an online map of illegal trapping incidents in 22 New Mexico counties.
The TrapFree New Mexico map, unveiled Monday, includes 23 documented incidents of trapping violations between 2015 and 2018, and says at least 78 pets were reported snared in traps during that period.
Most of those animals survived with wounds, but an Española dog named Roxy gained national attention in November 2018 after being caught in a snare and fatally strangled while walking with her owner at Santa Cruz Lake.
In January 2017, an endangered Mexican gray wolf was caught in a commercial trap and released, according to a news release on the mapping initiative.
“The wolf was recaptured 19 days later and was euthanized due to extensive damage and necrosis…
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