Post by Logan on Jun 28, 2016 21:17:03 GMT -6
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Environmentalists are suing the New Mexico Game Commission in federal court, arguing that expanded cougar trapping threatens endangered Mexican gray wolves and jaguars.
The lawsuit was filed Monday by The Humane Society of the United States, Animal Protection New Mexico and residents Peter and Jean Ossorio.
The commission voted last year to allow trapping on 9 million acres of state lands, but opponents voiced concerns that the decision was based on politics rather than science.
The revised trapping rule removed the requirement to obtain permits to trap cougars on private land. It also cleared the way for using leg-hold traps and snaring on state lands.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/799336/federal-lawsuit-targets-cougar-trapping-in-new-mexico.html
The lawsuit was filed Monday by The Humane Society of the United States, Animal Protection New Mexico and residents Peter and Jean Ossorio.
The commission voted last year to allow trapping on 9 million acres of state lands, but opponents voiced concerns that the decision was based on politics rather than science.
The revised trapping rule removed the requirement to obtain permits to trap cougars on private land. It also cleared the way for using leg-hold traps and snaring on state lands.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/799336/federal-lawsuit-targets-cougar-trapping-in-new-mexico.html