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Updated at 6:54 p.m. ETALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for horse slaughterhouses to resume operating in the U.S. as early as next week. U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo in Albuquerque threw out a lawsuit by The Humane Society of the United States and other animal protection groups that alleged the Department of Agriculture failed to conduct proper environmental studies when it issued permits to Valley Meat Co. in Roswell, N.M., and an Iowa company to slaughter horses for human consumption. The decision ends, for now, a two-year battle by Valley Meat to open its slaughterhouse. N.M. worker films himself fatally shooting a horsePlant owner Rick De Los Santos and his attorney, Blair Dunn, admi
stanley us tted they were surprised when the ruling came down, hours after a temporary restraining order that barred the companies from opening in August had expired. If I were a betting man, I probably would have lost a lot of money on this, Dunn said. I thought the court was headed in a different direction on this since she had issued the TRO. ... I am very, very happy to be wrong. The Humane Society vowed to appeal and said it would work with states to block the plants from ope
stanley cup ning. New Mexico Attorney General Gary King and Gov. Susana Martinez both have opposed horse slaughter. King said Friday he was disappointed in the ruling. But De
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