Update from Front Range Equine Rescue Valley Meat: History of willful disregard for environmental laws and regulations! As a result of Front Range Equine Rescue’s continuous efforts to stop horse slaughter, a neutral hearing officer just recommended that the Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department deny Valley […]
By Milan Simonich as published in The New Mexican “De Los Santos “a serial violator of environmental laws” when he slaughtered cattle at his plant…” State District Judge Matthew Wilson of Santa Fe heard two hours of arguments Friday before extending a temporary restraining order against De Los […]
We have just learned that New Mexico’s Attorney General, Gary King, has obtained a temporary restraining order against Valley Meats which will prevent the company from slaughtering horses until after a hearing on the AG’s lawsuit which is scheduled for this Friday. Owners of Valley Meats and their […]
From Gary King Dear Equine Advocates, Today I announced that I have filed a lawsuit asking for a temporary restraining order to prevent Valley Meat Company, the proposed horse slaughter plant in Roswell, from opening in two weeks. Valley Meat has a very poor track record of compliance […]
By Rosalie Rayburn of the ABQJournal.com “They want the horses put in the same category as wild pigs. These guys are not qualified to round up horses. It’s not easy,” The ongoing free-roaming horse dispute that has roiled the Placitas community has flared again. A poster displayed Oct. […]
News from Vicki Tobin ~Vice President Equine Welfare Alliance “The environmental issues from former horse slaughter plants are now on record…” “You can draw your own conclusion after reading the transcripts but we heard from several people that attended the hearing that John Holland really nailed the vet. […]
Source: Front Range Equine Rescue “We had a good week in our New Mexico litigation to stop horse slaughter: First, the Court rejected the Defendant-Intervenors’ motion to strike statements from our merits brief related to the environmental havoc caused by the last three horse slaughterhouses to operate in […]
Source: By Elizabeth Reed, KOB.com Horse Eater Presses Forward ROSWELL — The public can soon weigh in on whether or not the state should give a horse slaughterhouse a permit it needs to open. Valley Meat Company tried to open the slaughterhouse in Chaves County last month, but […]
Source: by Holly Gann as published in the Alamogordo Daily News Horse slaughter is a cause of, not a solution to, any surplus of horses in this country. The option to send horses to slaughter perpetuates overbreeding of horses, and more than 100,000 horses are sentenced to die […]
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