Controversial Petition In Blue State To Ban Fishing And Hunting Eclipses Signature Threshold, Supporters Say
By Danielle
A petition to ban most hunting, fishing, and animal research in Oregon has reached the amount of signatures necessary to make it onto the November ballot, supporters of the effort say.
KATU has more:
Supporters of an effort to criminalize the killing of animals for food in Oregon are one step closer in getting a measure on the November ballot.
Initiative Petition 28 would make it illegal to injure or kill animals and would effectively ban hunting, fishing and the breeding of animals.
“A proposal to make hunting and fishing illegal in Oregon has received enough signatures to advance to the Nov. ballot. The Sec. of State needs to validate all the signatures first,” the outlet wrote.
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The proposed ballot initiative would categorize hunting, fishing, and trapping as forms of animal cruelty.
The effort has gathered more than the required 117,000 signatures.
However, it’s doubtful that all the signatures will be verified.