Slaughterhouse Ban

Problems piling up for local ballot measure banning slaughterhouses in Denver

With just weeks left before ballots go out in the mail, opposition to the Denver slaughterhouse ban ballot question is getting a hefty boost with the Denver Democrats joining other unlikely opponents airing their concerns over the issue and the filing of a significant campaign finance complaint against proponents of the measure.

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Denver’s Initiative 309 slaughterhouse ban impacts national lamb supply chain

As J. Paul Brown of Ignacio, Colo., gets ready to bring his sheep back to the lowlands for the fall roundup, he contemplates the impact of Denver’s Initiative 309, which singles out the largest lamb processing plant in Colorado for closure.  He worries that, if passed, the state has yet again, compromised the domestic food chain.

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