Colorado ranchers worry controversial initiative would criminalize them
KMGH
and last updated 2021-04-23 21:28:27-04
DENVER â Weld County commissioners made their opposition to Initiative 16 clear this week after passing a resolution against it.
"The number one agriculture-producing county in the state and number eight in the country oppose Initiative 16 and strongly urges citizens to decline signing a petition to include the initiative on a 2022 ballot," a commissioner said while reading part of the resolution at a meeting Wednesday.
The initiative is formally known as PAUSE, or Protect Animals From Unnecessary Suffering and Exploitation. The goal, according to the Colorado PAUSE campaign's website, is to make sure farm animals are as equally protected as pets under state law.