ABQjournal: Dumped Cattle Carcasses Increase in Curry

CLOVIS — The Curry County sheriff says the area is seeing an increasing number of cattle carcasses dumped on the rights of way of roads and highways.

“It’s mostly Holsteins and it’s mostly calves,” said Sheriff Roger Hatcher.

He predicts the problem will get worse with the growing dairy and cattle industry.

New Mexico law requires livestock owners to dispose of dead animals by burning, burying or contracting with a removal service. …

Hatcher said the problem isn’t fuel prices? it’s a blatant disregard for the law.

Identifying marks, such as ear tags, are often missing from the dumped carcasses, he said.

“People are doing this at night. They know it is wrong,” he said.

Ranchers can’t be doing this! They’re good stewards of the land! No, it must be environmentalists feeding wolves. Yeah, that’s it. mjh