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.