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Horse slaughter plant operations stalled again
Story Date: 8/6/2013
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Source: Michael Fielding, MEATINGPLACE, 8/5/13
New Mexico District Court Judge Christina Armijo issued a temporary restraining order Friday against Valley Meat Co. from converting its cattle processing plant into a facility that can process horses for human consumption.
The plant, which was scheduled to open Monday, would been the nation’s first horse slaughter operation since 2006.
A hearing for the preliminary injunction will be held within 30 days.
"While disappointing, this is really just the very first skirmish in what will inevitably be a long haul," said Sue Wallis, the Wyoming State Representative who is the U.S. Chairman of the International Equine Business Association, in a statement. "We have proven already by our progress to this point that the horse industry will not lay down and die. We will not quit."
In late July Gary King filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit brought by the Humane Society of the United States and other groups to block the Roswell, N.M.-based company. King’s focus centers on food safety, citing an opinion letter he released last month that noted that horses are frequently treated with drugs that federal regulators believe are unsafe for human consumption.
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