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Cockfighters Lose Last-Gasp Bid to
Yesterday, Judge William McBee of the Fifth Judicial Court of Lovington, New Mexico ruled that the cockfighting ban enacted by the New Mexico legislature in 2007 would be upheld, and the case was wholly dismissed. In his ruling, Judge McBee stated that the Plaintiffs lacked legal standing to challenge a criminal statute, and that he supports the New Mexico legislature’s lawful enactment of the law. APNM commends Judge William McBee for rejecting the cockfighters’ attempted end-run around the democratic process, and congratulates the Attorney General for succeeding in his efforts to enforce this important new law. The court’s decision also affirms the humane values cherished by the vast majority of New Mexico’s citizens. The people of New Mexico have decided that cockfighting has no place in our state, and no amount of legal wrangling will change that.
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Earlier this summer, the New Mexico Gamefowl Breeders Association, along with several businesses who claimed that their business would be economically harmed by a state-wide ban on cockfighting, filed a lawsuit against the State of New Mexico, challenging the new law. |
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