Denver looks to close only slaughterhouse and ban others in city

We have a chance to vote against slaughter and sale of fur in Denver.

we have a branch of Superior Farms, which has numerous complaints at the location, from faking halal certification, to labor issues (it’s supposedly employee owned, but it’s rather stringent and hard to get vested), to environmental/pollution and animal cruelty.
It’s in an historically black and hispanic neighborhood that is now 90 percent Hispanic. Globeville is an epicenter of environmental injustice for the community.


from Colorado Newsline
Citizen-Initiated Ordinance 308 would prohibit the manufacture and sale of fur products within Denver city limits. The proposed ban would not apply to products sold for “traditional tribal, cultural, or spiritual purposes” by members of a recognized Native American tribe, and it would also exempt “used fur products” sold in second-hand stores and other select businesses.

The measure is backed by the Pro-Animal Denver campaign committee, which has received over $200,000 in contributions from animal rights group Pro-Animal Future. An opposition campaign, Hands Off My Hat Denver, has raised a roughly equal amount from donors including the National Western Stock Show, Sue Anschutz Rodgers and Pete Coors.

Another measure backed by Pro-Animal Denver, Citizen-Initiated Ordinance 309, proposes to ban slaughterhouses in Denver. Only one such facility, Superior Farms, is currently operating in Denver. The slaughterhouse currently accounts for 15-20% of the total lamb processing capacity in the U.S., and its closure would be “likely to substantially impact the U.S.-based lamb supply chain,” a Colorado State University analysisfound.

Opponents of the measure include a long list of livestock industry groups, local restaurant associations and unions. A campaign committee registered in opposition to the initiative, Stop the Ban Protect Jobs, has raised over $738,000 from donors including Superior Farms, the American Sheep Industry Association and the Colorado Livestock Association.