POACHERS CONTINUE TO KILL TROPHY ANIMALS IN NEW MEXICO. GAME AND FISH SAYS IT'S LOOKING INTO 22 CASES RIGHT NOW WHERE THE ANTLERS AND HEADS OF TROPHY ANIMALS WERE REMOVED AND THE CARCASSES LEFT TO ROT. STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALONZO BALDONADO HAS PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN THE PAST MAKING TROPHY POACHING A FELONY IN AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE THE STATE'S HUNTING INDUSTRY. HE SAYS IT'S ONE OF THE STATE'S NATURAL RESOURCES THAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON POACHING IS URGED TO CALL THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT'S "OPERATION GAME THIEF" HOTLINE.
