Source: By Amanda J. Crawford & Alan Bjerga as published in Bloomberg “The administration has requested Congress to reinstate the ban on horse slaughter,” A New Mexico company is slated to be the first in the U.S. to slaughter horses for human consumption since 2007 after federal authorities […]
Source: ASPCA.org Approved amendment would protect horses from cruel practice in the U.S. NEW YORK—The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) commends the members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee for approving an amendment to its fiscal year 2014 Agriculture Appropriations bill that […]
Sources: Multiple Slaughter Plant Owner Continues to Point Accusatory Finger at Everyone other than Himself ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A southeastern New Mexico company’s plans to convert a cattle plant into a horse slaughterhouse has hit another roadblock, this time over an environmental dispute that the company’s attorney blames […]
Letter to the editor of The Taos News by Albuquerque resident Karen Borch “Here at SFTHH we are not condoning nor are we speaking to any individual faith or religion but instead we stand in total alignment with the author of this “letter to the editor” regarding the […]
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: New Mexico Equine Advocates Ask President Obama to Sign Executive Order to Ban Inhumane Horse Slaughter Horse slaughter is an inhumane industry which creates the problems it claims to solve by fostering irresponsible breeding. The FDA states horses are not raised as food animals and are treated […]
Source: Public News Service.org Legal action against a prospective horse slaughterhouse in Roswell NM alleges that its waste violates the Clean Water Act. ROSWELL, N.M. – New Mexico’s Valley Meat Co. has another obstacle in its path to becoming a horse slaughterhouse. A Larkspur, Colo., group, Front Range […]
Source: Equine Welfare Alliance The horses were reportedly destined for the Viande Richelieu Meat, Inc. EWA (Chicago) – An estimated 30 horses died in a truck fire on I-81 in Lisle, NY, Monday night. According to police the truck was driven by Clarence Phelps of Watertown, but the […]
Source: By Rob Nikolewski at Watchdog.org “I think horses are a part of our culture,…” ALBUQUERQUE — Even though it’s looking as if the U.S. Department of Agriculture will approve a horse slaughterhouse in southern New Mexico, Gov. Susana Martinez told reporters Wednesday she’s still against it. “I think horses […]
Source: By Joey Peters of the Santa Fe Reporter The inner workings of NM’s proposed equine slaughterhouse Please call the Secretary of Agriculture‘s office, today, and politely request that this atrocity does not take place ~ (202) 720-3631” ~ R.T. Ever since late 2011, when Valley Meat Company […]
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