.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Michelle Lute, national carnivore conservation manager for Project Coyote, next to her dog, Captain Ginger, testifies to the Senate Conservation Committee in support of Senate Bill 32, a bill to ban trapping on public lands. She is testifying from her home in Santa Fe on Tuesday. The committee passed the bill 7-2. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) SANTA FE — When Mary Katherine Ray volunteers for Trap Free New Mexico, an organization that opposes trapping of fur-bearing animals in the state, it can be an intense experience. She told members of the Senate Conservation Committee on Tuesday that she receives emails from those whose dogs have been caught in traps, often including graphic descriptions and photographs.