{"data":{"id":"us-nm/17-11-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"17-11-4","heading":"Exceptions.","body":"The provisions of the Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act do not apply to:\nA. the taking of wildlife with firearms, fishing equipment, archery equipment, falconry equipment or other implements in hand, when used as authorized by law;\nB. the taking or control of birds, fish or rodents not defined as furbearers in Section 17-5-2 NMSA 1978;\nC. a government entity acting in the course of its official duties to prevent or mitigate actual threats to human health and safety;\nD. ecosystem management conducted by the department, the United States fish and wildlife service or a conservancy district of the state or its employee, agent or representative acting in the course of its official duties;\nE. bona fide scientific research;\nF. depredation trapping conducted by the department or a designated agent of the department using non-lethal traps or non-lethal snares, but only when accompanied by visible signs at the location of each device notifying the public of the presence of such devices;\nG. the use of cage traps to recover or to provide veterinary care or husbandry to a domestic animal or feral animal as authorized by law, or to abate damages caused by any animal to property, crops or livestock; provided that:\n(1) once the damage has been abated, use of the cage trap shall cease; and\n(2) any captured animal is disposed of in accordance with rules established by the department or appropriate animal agency; or\nH. enrolled members of a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo when trapping is conducted solely for religious or ceremonial purposes pursuant to rules issued by the department of game and fish [department of wildlife] in collaboration with the secretary of Indian affairs and consistent with federal procedures for recognition and protection of bona fide Indian nation, tribe or pueblo religious ceremonies.","path":["Chapter 17 - Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation","ARTICLE 11 Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18517/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-12","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"d77263e356f5240ee98b450b4484cbf11e03f662bc7133cd8325d51a46008cb7","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/17-11-3","next":"us-nm/17-11-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}