Animal Protection Voters is pleased to announce it's endorsements in the Democratic Primary for Attorney General and Land Commissioner. Both of these statewide positions have a great impact on animals in the state, both wild and domestic. APV encourages all of our members to rigster and vote for the animals. The primary election will be held on June 6th.

Ray Powell for Land Commissioner
Ray is a veterinarian who has initiated and supported numerous efforts to protect animals including the state felony animal cruelty law, legislation to ban animal fighting, improving animal shelter standards and operations and private possession of wolves and wolf-dog hybrids. He has also educated New Mexico on the link between animal cruelty and domestic violence.

Ray held the post of Land Commissioner for two terms, during which time he implemented a policy prohibiting the shooting of coyotes by the lessees on state trust lands in 26 counties, prohibited the killing or removal of rattlesnakes from state trust land during the Anuual Rattlesnake Roundup in Alamogordo and portected Lesser Prairie-Chicken habitat by parterning with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and graziing lessees.

Ray was the recipient of Animal Protection of New Mexico's 2000 Milagro Award for Humane Education.

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