Rick De Los Santos, the General Manager for Valley Meat Co. in Roswell New Mexico, has stated that there is nothing that can legally stop his company from opening a horse slaughterhouse. Congress has introduced legislation designed to prohibit transporting horses outside the country for slaughter. The legislation would block the New Mexico slaughterhouse, as it plans to sell its meat to customers in non-U.S. markets.
Horse slaughter and transport is inhumane. 80% of Americans oppose horse slaughter. Abraham Lincoln, in his Gettysburg Address, reminded us of the importance of our nation’s representative democracy, noting that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” America has made it clear that we oppose horse slaughter.
The people are calling for a comprehensive ban on horse slaughter and export for slaughter. Profit and gain does not outweigh the voice of the people. Stop horse slaughter and export for slaughter NOW. Show A. Blair Dunn, a lawyer for Valley Meat Co. in Roswell, New Mexico, that this nation's law serves and protects the interests of the American people...above private industry.
LISTEN TO AMERICA.
