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USA Beef earns permit that stymied horse slaughter in NM

By Dan Flynn on October 9, 2017

Legal horse slaughter in the U.S. made its last stand at 3845 Cedarvale Road, six miles southeast of Roswell, NM. USA Beef Packing has returned to the once-controversial location to open the state’s only beef-packing…
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Another search for elusive answers in Roswell, NM

By Dan Flynn on February 11, 2016

The West is full of monuments from Tucson to Mountain Meadows of famous shoot-outs and massacres that usually brought nothing more that pyrrhic victories for one side. On that basis, it’s time to erect another…
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New Mexico Judge to Decide Friday Whether to Continue TRO on Horse Slaughter

By Dan Flynn on January 14, 2014

After day-long testimony very similar to last October’s hearing examiner proceedings for a state ground water discharge permit, a state judge said Monday that he would issue an order Friday on whether to lift a…
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NM Attorney General's Horse Case is Slow Off The Line

By Dan Flynn on December 27, 2013

A year-end attempt by New Mexico Attorney General Gary King to quickly prevent a Roswell slaughterhouse from processing USDA-inspected horsemeat for export has apparently failed. It means a New Mexico business could be still be…
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Third Horse-Slaughter Company Added to Restraining Order

By Dan Flynn on September 23, 2013

Rains Natural Meats in Gallatin, MO, was to have begun processing horsemeat for export today, but instead finds itself added to a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in New Mexico. This means…
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Hearing to Stop Horse Slaughter to Cost Plaintiffs Almost $500,000

By News Desk on August 9, 2013

Animal welfare plaintiffs challenging in federal court USDA’s inspection of two horsemeat packing businesses will have to post a bond of almost $500,000 to have their case proceed in the short term. A federal magistrate…
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USDA Approves New Mexico Horse Slaughter Plant

By News Desk on July 1, 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday granted permission for a former New Mexico beef slaughterhouse to convert its facility into one meant to slaughter horses, the Associated Press reported. Despite the permit, however,…
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USDA-Inspected Horse Slaughter: About to Start in NM?

By News Desk on April 24, 2013

USDA officials had no issues leaving behind a recommendation for an immediate grant of inspection from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) after visiting Valley Meat Co., located near Roswell, NM Tuesday, its attorney…
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Oklahoma to Eliminate Ban on Horse Slaughter

By Dan Flynn on March 29, 2013

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is expected to sign House Bill 1999, which will bring an end to the state’s 50-year ban on slaughtering horses. The bill passed the Oklahoma Senate on a 32-14 vote on…
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