IT'S ANOTHER DELAY FOR THE ON-AGAIN-OFF-AGAIN OPENING OF VALLEY MEAT COMPANY'S HORSE SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN ROSWELL. A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN DENVER ISSUED A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION ON MONDAY THAT BARS THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FROM INSPECTING THE ROSWELL PLANT AND ANOTHER IN MISSOURI.
THE ROSWELL FACILITY HAD HOPED TO BEGIN OPERATIONS SOMETIME THIS WEEK. THE LATEST INJUNCTION STEMS FROM A SUIT BY THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE U-S CLAIMING THAT THE AG DEPARTMENT DID NOT CONDUCT THE PROPER ENVIRONMENT STUDIES BEFORE ISSUING A PERMIT. THAT SUIT WAS THROWN OUT LAST WEEK, BUT THE NEW INJUNCTION WAS ISSUED ON APPEAL.
