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Jun 28 2016 Lawsuit Filed In Opposition to Expanded Mountain Lion Trapping in New Mexico
Several environmental groups have filed a lawsuit that claims a mountain lion trapping season in New Mexico will put Mexican wolves and jaguars in undue danger. -
Oct 21 2015 Trapping Incident: Grizzly Bear Cub | Shoshone National Forest, WY
A grizzly bear cub is confirmed to have been caught in a conibear trap on Forest Service land in Wyoming. A legal trap on Wyoming public land has caught a protected species, a grizzly bear cub. -
Oct 18 2015 “By-Catch”, “Non-Target”, “Incidental Take”: What are the Impacts of Trapping?
Is Furbearer Trapping Sustainable? -
Feb 19 2015 Lesser-Known Swift Fox Subject of WYOMING Conservation Stamp Contest
The swift fox is the subject of this year's Game and Fish Conservation Stamp Art Contest, a fox once petitioned for a spot on the endangered species list in the early ‘90s. Inadvertent poisoning, intense trapping and loss of habitat were responsible for most of the drop in numbers -
Apr 26 2014 Nature Photographer Melissa Groo Shares the “Spirit and the Essence” of this Surviving Bobcat
Melissa Groo, a nature photographer and story teller, visits places “on the edge of wildness, sits quietly and observes.” She was rewarded on this day, capturing the “spirit and essence” of this bobcat. You can follow this sequence of events, and get a glimpse into the biology and behavior of this wild cat, a master of survival. Here is Melissa’s story: