On Tuesday, three of nine ballot issues Denver voters had to decide dealt with animals and animal products. But nothing changed because all of them were slaughtered at the ballot box.
One of the ballot issues called for prohibiting any slaughterhouse from operating in the City or County of Denver. That
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As a political tactic, it’s been almost foolproof. You draw a line around entirely urban jurisdictions and then float a change in an agriculture practice that most voters will have never previously thought about. With all those urban voters, your spin carries the day.
A group called “Pro-Animal Future” is
Continue Reading Denver ballot measure that seeks to kill lamb facility qualified for November ballot
North of the intersection of Colorado’s two major Interstate highways, among other industrial uses, is one of the nation’s largest lamb processors, which has done business since the 1950s. It ships lamb not only to most Colorado restaurants and grocery stores but to many out-of-state customers as well,
But it
Continue Reading 2024 ballot measures by animal activists to chase lambs out of Denver
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The outlines of a secretive plan to outlaw “the use of slaughterhouses” and put any employees who are displaced on some sort of welfare have begun to emerge in the Mile High City.
It won’t all come to fruition until the 2024 municipal election when it will
Continue Reading Denver initiative would ask voters in 2024 to ban livestock slaughter facilities and uses