Front Range Equine Rescue has discovered that, for years, 15-foot high piles of dead animals have been rotting on the premises of Valley Meat Company in Roswell.
Valley Meat has been in blatant violation of multiple New Mexico environmental statutes for that period, and has refused to stop its illegal practices, despite efforts by the state. FRER has written to the Solid Waste Bureau of the New Mexico Environmental Department, requesting appropriate sanctions. Valley Meat, which could not satisfy its legal obligations with respect to the slaughter of cows, is now attempting to start up a horse slaughter operation. It must be stopped, before there are 15-foot high piles of dead horses endangering groundwater and the surrounding community.
Front Range Equine Rescue wants to emphasize that regardless of whether Valley Meat is now just beginning to comply, and regardless of whether the state believes it is finally getting Valley Meat in compliance, the very serious concern remains about a company that is willing to act in violation of the law for literally years and years. Nothing that is happening now changes that. The question that does not go away, and the concern that will not be abated in the least by any compliance now remains this: Should an operator who has acted in blatant violation of important New Mexico laws for years be granted a new permit to engage in a new form of slaughter business, that as documented in the petitions for rulemaking, increases the dangers of noncompliance for all involved -- the community, the environment, and ultimately consumers? That answer must clearly be "no," and if the law is not enforced, it will only continue to be ignored by operators around the state. Attached is a chart (Click Here) that identifies just the known failures of Valley Meat, in the past two years, to comply with the law and to make good on promises made to comply. And since the 15-foot high piles of dead and rotting animals were present in January 2010, it is fairly well established that Valley Meat was breaking the law probably for as long as it was in operation, or however long it takes to pile up that many dead animals. The fact that it took the agencies until 2010 to notice it does not change the fact of Valley Meat's conduct threatening the environment and the community for as long as it was dumping animals outside in this manner. One final point. Even if Valley Meat is now finally moving some legacy waste, that does not change the fact that most of the rotting flesh on its premises is not legacy waste, and has not and is not being properly processed.
BREAKING NEWS (4/14/12)
State Officials, Humane Groups Oppose Proposed Horse Slaughter Plant in New Mexico
Press Release - Click Here
BREAKING NEWS (4/10/12)
FRONT RANGE EQUINE RESCUE DISCOVERS NEW MEXICO HORSE SLAUGHTER PLANT! - Read More
BREAKING NEWS (4/9/12)
Humane Groups Petition USDA to Block Companion, Working and Show Horses from Being Slaughtered for Human Consumption
Press Release - Click Here
Petition for Rulemaking - Click Here
Banned Drug & Substance Chart - Click Here
Declarations:
BREAKING NEWS (3/27/12)
Humane Groups Petition FDA to Block Companion, Working and Show Horses from Being Slaughtered for Human Consumption
Press Release - Click Here
Petition for Rulemaking - Click Here
Banned Drug & Substance Chart - Click Here
Declarations:
To stand by and do nothing ....makes us sharers in the guilt.
Please feel free to download this informational brochure to share with others - Horse Slaughter (PDF, 930KB).
Take action or learn more:
- To read some of our ideas for horse slaughter alternatives - Click Here
- Horse Slaughter to Remain Illegal in House Bill
- US should get out of the horse meat business - Read Article
- 2010-2011 Horse Slaughter ( Act Now! )
- Pro Horse Slaughter "Summit" Not Happy with Dr. Grandin
- Channel 8/Las Vegas report:
http://www.8newsnow.com/category/28259/8-news-now-video?clipId=5439795&autostart=true
- Horse Slaughter Trends from 2006 through 2009 - Click here to read this research paper from Equine Welfare Alliance. Also Read This Article on "A Study of Equine Slaughter/Abuse Patterns following closure of Horse Slaughter Plants in US"
- In-depth news story on Canadian Horse Slaughter
- New video reveals more slaughter brutality. BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER NOW!
- Graphic Footage from Canadian Slaughter Plants (2010) - Caution: Extremely Graphic. Read the press release.
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency regulations for horse slaughter
- This video is further proof that horses going to slaughter are in "good condition." Over 100,000 of our horses were butchered in 2010. Stop the slaughter NOW.
- Click here to see evidence from March 2009 that U.S. slaughter-bound horses are inhumanely treated in the United States.
- Also contact your Congressional representatives to sponsor legislation to ban horse slaughter within the U.S. and across our borders. We will update you with specific legislation once it is reintroduced in 2011. Go to www.animallawcoalition.com for URGENT information on horse slaughter and ACTIONS to take NOW to stop the pro slaughter campaign to legalize slaughter in 12 states and open horse slaughter plants in the U.S.
- To view a brief video about horses at U.S. slaughter plants go to this website - www.kaufmanzoning.net/apologize.wmv Warning - graphic footage!
- If you have any doubts about the cruelty involved with the entire process of sending a horse to slaughter, go to www.animals-angels.org and click on Horse Slaughter as well as their investigative reports which are factual and graphic.
- Veterinarians for Equine Welfare speak out on horse slaughter.
View medications in horsemeat. - May the Knowledge of Horse Slaughter be Exposed and then Abolished - listen to a previous Horse Talk broadcast - Beware - graphic information
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