The owner of a New Mexico
slaughterhouse is defending his plan to become the first plant in the
nation since 2007 to handle horses after an outcry from politicians and
animal activists.In interviews with the Roswell Daily Record and the Albuquerque Journal on Friday, Valley Meat Co. owner Rick De Los Santos said he's trying to revive his failing business and that what he's proposing is legal.
The horses he plans to process are being slaughtered anyway in Mexico and his operation would be overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and meet much higher standards, he said. Full Read
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