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Cockfighting Ban Backed by Governor
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SANTA FE -- Gov. Bill Richardson announced Wednesday that after
years of not taking a position on the issue he will support passage
of a statewide ban on cockfighting during the 2007 legislative
session.
"The time has come to make it happen," Richardson said at the
Santa Fe Animal Shelter. "The people of New Mexico want it to happen,
and not only will I support a ban, but I will actively try to make it
law."
For more than a decade, legislators have battled over whether to
ban c...
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