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SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 5, 2021 (ENS) – New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, today signed into law a bill banning traps, snares, and poisons on public lands across the state nicknamed The Land of Enchantment.
Called “Roxy’s Law” in honor of a cattle dog who was strangled to death in a neck snare on public lands in 2018, this new law will go into effect in 2022 and will save native wildlife, recreationists and companion animals from cruel and indiscriminate traps, snares, and poisons on public lands.
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Can wild horses drag out a compromise to an old problem?
Sherry Robinson
No, wild horses.
Maybe you’ve heard about wild horse problems in Placitas, outside Albuquerque, and on the Navajo Nation. Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, held up a map to show legislative committee members that herds of wild horses are scattered across the state. They’re often in competition with livestock for ever thinning range and water. Nobody knows who owns them or what state agency has jurisdiction.
“I want someone to take responsibility,” Woods said.
Woods, an East Side farmer, has tried different approaches for the last few years. This year, he may have the right combination. He has a new ally in his co-sponsor, freshman Sen. Brenda McKenna, D-Corrales and a member of Nambe Pueblo. Her district includes Placitas, where the wild horse conundrum has turned neighbor against neighbor. Before even being sworn in, she said, it was the first constituent issue in her email.