Oregon Activists Gather Enough Signatures for Ballot Measure That Could Ban Hunting, Fishing

Part of the Pacific Northwest could soon see its forests, lakes, and rivers effectively closed off to human activity.

According to KATU-TV in Salem, Oregon, activists have gathered enough signatures to get Initiative Petition 28 onto the state’s November ballot.

That petition, if adopted by voters, would make hunting, fishing, and other food-procuring practices illegal.

In fact, the petitioners secured the requisite 117,173 signatures over a two-year period by presenting the petition under the following title:

“Criminalizes breeding practices, injuring/killing animals, including for food, hunting, fishing. Creating transition fund. Exceptions.”

For instance, under Section 4 of the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions (PEACE) Act, Oregon voters could redefine animal abuse in the first degree to mean activity that “[c]auses the death of an animal.”

Could you imagine one of the country’s most beautiful states banning fishing from its rivers?

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