New Mexico Prosecutor Warns Against Coyote Killing Contests [View all]
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas says coyote killing contests are illegal and anyone caught organizing one or participating could face a misdemeanor.
By Associated Press, Wire Service Content Nov. 29, 2019, at 3:47 p.m.
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U.S. News & World Report
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas says coyote killing contests are illegal and anyone caught organizing one or participating could face a misdemeanor.
The warning came Friday, after authorities learned through a social media post that a contest was planned Saturday in Curry County.
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Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill outlawing the contests earlier this year.
Many ranchers and outfitters say the contests are a tool for managing packs of coyotes that threaten livestock.
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2019-11-29/new-mexico-ag-warns-against-coyote-killing-contests
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