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Democracy for New Mexico: Richardson Orders Temporary Trapping Ban to Protect Mexican Gray Wolf

Governor Bill Richardson today ordered a six-month ban on trapping in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area in an effort to protect the Mexican Gray Wolves that have been reintroduced to the New Mexico portion of the Gila and Apache National Forests. The governor signed an Executive Order (pdf) today, directing the ban.

Richardson directed the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish to initiate the temporary trapping ban, while it conducts a study on trapping to determine the level of risk to the Mexican Gray Wolf associated with the various traps and snares.

“The indiscriminate traps and snares in the Recovery Area are harming efforts to reintroduce the Mexican Gray Wolf to its native habitat,” Governor Richardson in a written statement. “I am ordering this temporary ban to protect the wolves and increase the likelihood for the wolves to survive and flourish.”

Democracy for New Mexico: Richardson Orders Temporary Trapping Ban to Protect Mexican Gray Wolf