(photo: Albuquerque Journal) This photo was taken back when Rick De Los Santos, owner of Valley Meat Co. in Roswell, N.M., was giving a tour of his “little-shop-of-horrors-to-be” (aka horse slaughterhouse). SOURCE: Albuquerque Journal By Deborah Baker / Journal Staff Writer September 22nd, 2015 A state district judge […]
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 […]
Source: KOAT.com NM Attorney General: Meat’s pedigree would have to be proven before slaughter ROSWELL, N.M. —The attorney general’s office said there is another hurdle that could stand in the way of horse slaughter plans in Roswell. Horse meat, fitting the legal definition of an adulterated food product, […]
Source: Amanda Goodman of KRQE.com “When you have a horse slaughter facility come to your area horse theft goes right up,” PLACITAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Horse advocates fear New Mexico‘s wild horses could end up in New Mexico’s new horse slaughterhouse. The Valley Meat Company near Roswell passed […]
Source: By Spencer Kent/South Jersey Times as published in NJ.com “I didn’t understand such an amazing horse could just be tossed away like that.” PILESGROVE TWP. — Baia-Roe is a 15-year-old standardbred mare rescued from a truck that was on its way to a slaughterhouse. Caitlin Stewart, her […]
LAS CRUCES — The Roswell-area meat processing plant that sparked controversy with its bid to begin slaughtering horses for foreign consumption has been slapped with an $86,400 state fine for its handling of composted cattle remains.
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