Source: Albuquerque Journal By Susan Montoya Bryan / The Associated Press Sue Carter, left, and Donna DiBanco protest horse slaughter in Santa Fe in January 2014. A court decision Thursday finalizes a settlement that will prevent a horse slaughter operation in New Mexico. (Dean Hanson/Journal) A court decision […]
Instead of the BLM wasting money to round up wild horses and burros, they should spend this money cleaning up abandoned mines. Which “use” has the greater potential to harm a “thriving ecological balance?” Which “use” could contaminate huge amounts of water, which present and future generations need […]
By Scott Sandlin as published in the Albuquerque Journal “We reject the argument that all horses anywhere in New Mexico are livestock” An appellate court has revived a lawsuit that sought to have a Placitas horse herd declared wild under state law, a ruling described by an advocacy […]
SOURCE: koat.com Company has ties to Valley Meat, AG says By Alana Grimstad ROSWELL, N.M. —Processing horse meat for human consumption may still happen in New Mexico, but state officials are fighting to stop that. For years a Roswell company called Valley Meat tried to slaughter horses in […]
SOURCE: enewspf.com Litigation Prepared to Challenge Illegal 20,000 Acre Public Lands Lease Santa Fe, NM—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. A broad coalition of local and national conservation groups announced plans to sue the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), if the agency proceeds with the sale of 13 parcels (almost 20,000 […]
By Rio Rancho Observer staff as published in the Albuquerque Journal “This wild equine advocate puts our collective thoughts and feelings into words like no other.” ~ R.T. Editor: I would like to express my feelings about the abduction of many, and now I say most all, of a […]
By Dianne Stallings as published in the Ruidoso News State officials and herd advocates clear the air and move forward The unnecessary death of an Alto wild horse gelding brought them together Wednesday for a meeting at the Ruidoso Racetrack Turf Club, New Mexico. Two hours later, herd […]
Sources: Multiple – this rendition from (less headlines) The Kansas City Star Barrister for Failed Horse Slaughterhouse Issues Anti-Obama Rhetoric SANTA FE, N.M. — Animal protection advocates applauded President Barack Obama on Tuesday for proposing to continue a federal funding ban that’s blocking the resumption of commercial horse […]
Story content Kim Vallez of KRQE News New Mexico Supreme Court Kicks Valley Meat’s Behind ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – Thought we had reached an end to the fight over horse slaughter in New Mexico? Think again. The New Mexico Supreme Court has denied Valley Meat Company’s request to […]
By Milan Simonich as published in The Santa Fe New Mexican “Attorney for Plant continues to Whine” A state district judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday night against a horse-slaughter plant in New Mexico. It was another setback, perhaps a fatal one, for Valley Meat Co., which for […]
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