The Village of Jemez Springs, New Mexico Successfully Passed a Resolution to Ban Trapping
New Mexico has another victory to report! The village of Jemez Springs successfully passed a resolution to ban trapping. Many thanks to Therese Councilor, Owner of Giggling Springs Spa in Jemez Springs, who introduced the resolution at a village council meeting on May 12th.
Yesterday, James McCue and Therese were at the meeting speaking on behalf of the bill. The Editor in Chief of the local newspaper, The Jemez Thunder, was there and recounted an incident in the area where a fox was trapped and lay crying out for 2 days before anything was done. There were many complaints from locals about the incident.
Though this is a small community, similar to Los Alamos, where they recently passed a similar resolution, other communities are taking notice. Thanks James, Therese and everyone else who stepped up to the plate and attended the meeting to help pass this resolution.
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Joan Heldt
Hi! I have a question I hope you can answer. It’s concerns some remarks made from a man living in Jackson, Wyoming. He says since the wolf has been reintroduced in his area, they kill too many elk, way more than the wolves could eat. He says the wolves kill indiscriminately. Do you all find this to be so? Would appreciate hearing from you all out there on the front line so to speak. Thanks. Joan Heldt
Lisa Roberts
Hi Joan,
Thank you for contacting us. We aren’t wolf biologists but we are glad to share some information with you. The Jackson elk herd remains healthy and above established population objectives. The claim that a small number of wolves can devastate the huge population of elk in the Jackson area is not supported by facts.
If you have the time, the following resources are worth reading, and will answer your question.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/environmental/elk-numbers-surpass-goal/article_778f84cb-b7ae-51fb-b888-1a7fda8e7e4b.html “Elk numbers surpass goal”
http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/columnists/wolves-don-t-kill-for-fun-they-kill-for-survival/article_3d52fff0-17e6-11df-91e1-001cc4c002e0.html “Wolves don’t kill for fun, they kill for survival”
http://www.livingwithwolves.org/AW_question5.html “Do wolves kill for sport”
http://isleroyalewolf.org/node/42 “Why don’t wolves eat all that they kill”