Pacific Northwest state famed for its nature and woke politics moves a step closer towards banning hunting and fishing

daily mail ^

[algore]

Thousands of Oregonians have signed a petition to get animal safety on the ballot this November, making it one step closer to an all-state ban.

People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions Act (PEACE) is asking Oregonians to put wild animals at the forefront of the ballot this year, but they've acknowledged getting 50 percent of residents on board will be an uphill battle.

'We really want to make Oregon the first state to vote on something like this,' David Michelson, the act's chief petitioner, told KOIN.

'We want to get that conversation out there. So that we can hopefully move in that direction.'

If the measure gets on the ballot and passed, it would change Oregon's animal cruelty laws.

It would expand the current law, which protects cats and dogs, to all wildlife, including those used in research.

The PEACE team has gathered nearly 30,000 signatures since October, according to the state election division.

'Our goal is to introduce people - often, many people, for the first time - will hear about what alternatives to killing animals even exist right now,' Michelson told KOIN.

Hunting and fishing are a large part of Oregonians' lives, which the initiative team recognizes. However, he said there are non-lethal to manage wildlife.

Non-lethal wildlife management can include introducing sterile males, converting chicken farms to mushrooms farms, or using using marginal lands for energy crops, Michelson told the Daily Mail.

Michelson told KOIN the initiative would include food assistance for those who rely on hunting for food.

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: freaksversusnormals

[butlerweave]

They don’t need no sticking Tax Dollars

[rexthecat]

The people who live in the red counties )90% of the state) will ignore the law. Who will enforce it?

[dpetty121263]

Sorry guys these States deserve all the bad that comes their way...People will take it till they get enough but has to get really bad first before real change happens.

[crazyhorse691]

That has been their goal from the very beginning. Bunch of vegetarians. They demand everybody share in their beliefs

[Migraine]

This is known as loving animals to death.

[spokeshave]

Well....you left out goats....tasty animals....milk is nutritious ..and they eat green food scraps..grass,,,and poison ivy.

Mr and Mrs Spokeshave raised goats in a previous existence in Northern CA.

Also chickens and turkeys.

[Big Red Badger]

Seems They want to gut the
Second Amendment. Dispense Hunting then
Confiscate.

[mitchjackson1972]

California has the 3rd largest amount of trump voters in the whole USA, you negative IQ dunce

[Williams]

I guarantee 90% of the leftists pushing this are not vegetarians.

And they don’t want people to enjoy nature, they want uneducated slobs packed in the cities, littering stealing and taking drugs. The very opposite of respect for nature.

[PIF]

These types of people think their food is raised in a back room at a Whole Foods store.

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Indeed. Back long ago, the only way to get food to Key West, FL was to bring it in by boat. The residents were firmly convinced the food was grown in cans ... Full circle.

[Williams]

It’s also about making sure people don’t know how to use guns and are less ready for military duty.

[Steve_Seattle1]

Opponents of this law should say that it paves the way for a complete ban on eating fish and meat. If you say that fishing and hunting are cruel, the next step is to say that the killing of animals in any context is cruel and should also be banned.

[PIF]

What will they do about native Indian tribes that have no limit no controls on salmon, crab, etc?

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They can do nothing: the treaty tribes are sovereign, thanks to being enshrined in the Constitution - something we are not.

[Williams]

“converting chicken farms to mushrooms farms...”

So much for this being about hunting.

[Ronald77]

Just another way for Democrats to deny the use of firearms. I mean confiscation of firearms.

[cp124]

It is now the Weak, Woke, West.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Yet another example of Blue urban / suburban voters imposing their desires on rural areas. Hunters act responsibly. They are not hunting species to extinction. They in many cases are performing a valuable service by culling deer and other overpopulation of certain animals. Does it matter to the Blue scolds? No. They see a picture of a cute deer and think that some evil hunter is hurting Bambi. Plus they get to sanctimoniously post about the “barbarism” of hunting.

[Ronald77]

I would prefer all-male voting.

[cp124]

Plants having feelings too.

[blackdog]

Mmmm.....No.

Once you leave blue Meccas like Portland, get out into the state, you will find normal headed freedom loving individualistic souls. We have a real echo chamber journalism problem. Portland is not Oregon. Minneapolis is not Minnesota. Atlanta is not Georgia. Philadelphia is not Pennsylvania. Fairfax County is not Virginia. Seattle is not Washington.

The news media by nature believes it's the center of the universe. We know this to not be so. They need it explained to them, as we are that deplorable silent majority that goes unobserved until we vote.