On June 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officially halted exports of all live animals to Mexico in ...

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series on the horse processing plant industry. Look for links to the subsequent parts at the end of this article. Horse processing plants could make a ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted plans by companies in New Mexico and Iowa to start slaughtering horses next week. U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo issued a ...

With a horse meat controversy raging in Europe, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is likely to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico in the next two months - making it the first time since ...

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – 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 ...

The Save Our Bacon (SOB) Act, included in the House farm bill, could potentially re-legalize horse slaughter nationwide, ...

The controversy over the commercial slaughter of horses in the United States resumed a little more than a week ago with a report from the Government Accountability Office that raised questions about ...

FARGO - Although a ban to prevent horse slaughter in the U.S. was meant to protect horses, many say it is only hurting them. "It's a simple fact that more horses are suffering today than before ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- After months of legal wrangling and false starts in a more than two-year battle to resume domestic horse slaughter, plants in New Mexico and Missouri were working Monday to begin ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), and Animal Protection of New Mexico are dismayed over the US Department ...