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LAS CRUCES – On Nov. 20, a man on his morning walk discovered multiple piles of dead and skinned coyotesoff a main road near Santa Teresa.
Kevin Bixby, executive director of theSouthwest Environmental Center in Las Cruces, went to the site to check out the scene on Sunday.
“It was pretty gruesome,” Bixby said. “They were probably trappedin the area out in the desert.”
More than 30coyotes had been dumped in four piles in the desert, their bodies all skinned andat varying levels of decomposition. Several had typicalleg-hold trap wounds on their paws, indicating that this was the work of trappers who had dumped the bodies after removing the coyote’s fur.
“I can trap coyotes all year round,” Bixby said.”Butthis time of year when it gets a little colder, the pelts are worth more money.”
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