New Mexico commission approves wildlife trapping changes
(WorldNews Mexico)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Trappers now have to complete an education course and new restrictions will be imposed on setting wildlife traps and snares around designated trailheads and on select tracts of public lands in New Mexico under a measure adopted Friday by the state Game Commission. State wildlife managers suggested they tried to strike a balance, but trappers argued that will be burdensome, requiring them in some instances to walk a mile roundtrip to set a trap. Environmentalists also were...