DENVER (KDVR) — New measures that would ban slaughterhouses and the sale of fur might be on Denver’s 2024 poll.
The Metropolis and County of Denver confirmed that as of Nov. 27, the citizen-led initiatives obtained sufficient signatures to make it onto the 2024 poll.
Banning slaughterhouses
The poll measure is called the Prohibition of Slaughterhouses.
In 2024, Denver voters might be requested the next query:
“Shall the voters of the Metropolis and County of Denver undertake an ordinance prohibiting slaughterhouses, and, in connection, starting January 1, 2026, prohibiting the development, upkeep, or use of slaughterhouses inside the Metropolis; and requiring the Metropolis to prioritize residents whose employment is affected by the ordinance in workforce coaching or employment help packages?”
Prohibition of Slaughterhouses authorized poll query
The measure was launched by Professional-Animal Future, a motion that works to guard animal rights.
The group proposed the measure to finish slaughterhouses inside metropolis limits.
Professional-Animal Future defines slaughterhouses as, “a facility the place animals are introduced for the aim of being killed to be processed into meals and different merchandise. These amenities are designed to expedite the slaughter of animals in mass.”
Based on the proposed ordinance, slaughterhouses are a nuisance to these dwelling close to them because of their odors, unpleasant nature, and unpleasant trade. Professional-Animal Future additionally claims that employment at slaughterhouses comes with excessive charges of office accidents.
The proposed ordinance states, “Eliminating slaughterhouses in Denver will promote neighborhood consciousness of animal welfare, bolster the Metropolis’s stance in opposition to animal cruelty, and, in flip, foster a extra humane setting in Denver.”
If the measure is handed, Superior Farms within the Globeville neighborhood, the most important lamb processor within the state, might be impacted essentially the most by the change.
Banning fur gross sales
One other measure proposed by Professional-Animal Future would ban anybody from manufacturing, displaying, buying and selling or promoting fur merchandise in Denver.
In 2024 voters might be requested the following query:
“Shall the voters of the Metropolis and County of Denver undertake an ordinance regarding a prohibition of fur merchandise, and, in connection, starting July 1, 2025, prohibiting the manufacture, distribution, show, sale, or commerce of sure animal fur merchandise within the Metropolis; and offering restricted exceptions to the prohibition?”
Prohibition of Fur Merchandise authorized poll language
The proposed ordinance stated the individuals of Denver discover that animals who’re slaughtered for his or her fur endure super struggling and spend the vast majority of their lives in poor situations.
The ordinance additionally claims fur farms transmit harmful illnesses like SARS coronaviruses.
A adequate variety of signatures had been authorized by town to permit each these measures to be on the Nov. 5, 2024, basic election poll.
