Voter opposition to Ordinance 309 in Denver is a big win for animal ag

The American Sheep Industry says the ag industry had a big win when Denver voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have banned slaughterhouses within the city limits. “Voters decided very emphatically against an animal rights-led effort to prohibit the slaughter of livestock in the city of Denver,” he says. Peter Orwick tells Brownfield Ordinance […]

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