Santa Fe New Mexican - Letters to the editor, November 11, 2015 Horse slaughter must stay defunded Now that President Barack Obama has approved a budget (“Obama signs budget bill,” Nov. 2) Congress will have to decide how to appropriate the money. Amid fights over highly politicized matters, important bipartisan issues must not be forgotten. [...]

Advocacy groups seek to stop coyote-killing contests By Jenna Stoff  Published 10/05/15 12:01am | Updated 10/04/15 7:57pm Annual coyote-killing contests are sparking controversy across the state, leading the Southwest Environmental Center and Animal Protection Voters to continue their efforts in banning them for good. “Killing animals for fun and prizes is reprehensible and gives ethical hunters [...]

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Animal Protection Voters (APV) and Southwest Environmental Center (SWEC) have renewed calls for a statewide ban on the cruel and dangerous practice of animal-killing contests. Contests began last month and will continue throughout the fall of 2015 and into winter of 2016. Read full story here.

‘Ag-gag’ bills hurt people and animals By Jessica Johnson, Chief Legislative Officer / Animal Protection Voters Sunday, September 20th, 2015 at 12:02am   It was only last year that New Mexicans watched in horror as a whistleblower’s undercover video showed dairy workers electrocuting cows, whipping them with chains and carelessly throwing calves headfirst into trucks. When [...]

The Bosque Beast (Aug./Sept. 2015) features a look at statewide spay/neuter efforts, including New Mexico’s first ever tax refund check-off to help fund spay/neuter and the Animal Sheltering Board’s recent distribution of $70,000 to low-cost programs in high-need communities. Read full story here.

Read the Albuquerque Journal's recent opinion column by D'Val Westphal about the reality of dog and cat overpopulation in New Mexico. Find out the role every New Mexican can play in solving this costly, tragic problem, and what is happening on the state level to address it. Read full story here.

Rep. Carl Trujillo (D-Santa Fe) and APV's Leslie King recently sat down for an interview with KSFR's Animal Talk program to discuss House Bill 415, which will create a special income tax checkoff and other measures to support spay/neuter services around the state. Read full story here.

...While it’s hard to know how widespread dogfights are in Valencia County or in New Mexico, Erik Tanner, director of Valencia County’s Animal Control Division, says he routinely gets reports of suspected dogfighting, as does Animal Protection of New Mexico. The group is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction [...]

It is a popular political truism that “laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” But when it comes to banning gory coyote-killing contests, it’s important to look at both the proposed law and the practice it is designed to prevent. Read full story here.