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Readers respond: Animal initiative would hurt all Oregonians

IP 28 would criminalize animal killing and farming, removing hunting and fishing licenses that fund wildlife management, as petitioners propose a job training fund for displaced workers.

Summary by The Oregonian
As a lifelong Oregonian who has worked across the state, I believe Initiative Petition 28 takes advantage of national chaos and partisan conflict, along with our collective exhaustion, (“Oregon animal rights initiative aims to ban hunting, fishing, slaughtering of livestock,” Jan. 31). It would further separate Northwesterners by party, ideology and the urban-rural divide.

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A petition to ban hunting and ranching in Oregon is approaching the number of signatures needed to be included in this fall’s ballot. David Michelson, the organizer of the Petition 28 Initiative, said supporters have gathered about 105,000 of the 117,713 verified signatures needed before July 2, according to KPTV, Fox’s affiliate. “If it is put to the vote and approved by voters in November, the protections currently applied to pets such as dogs…

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