A contract worker for the New Mexico slaughter house has posted a video online, showing him fatally shooting a horse. In the clip, he reportedly swears at activists just before killing the horse. I refuse to watch it.

Rick De Los Santos is the part-owner of Valley Meat Co. NBC News reports he is the man who sued the USDA in an effort to reopen inspections of horse-slaughter plants in the US, which led to the door opening for slaughterhouses to resume operations. De Los Santos states he had no part in the shooting and that the worker engaged in this act at his home.

But it shows how little regard people like this have for animal welfare. The article does not include any statements from De Los Santos directly renouncing this horrible act.

It is hard to imagine how anyone can be cold-hearted enough to do something like this, especially to a degree where he was merely making a statement against people who promote animal welfare.

Sadly, some people seem to have no moral compass at all. And this is what some individuals at the federal level are opening the door to.

 

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