What do you think about losses like these being a trigger for backsliding on other farmed animal work?
For instance, the Animal Ag Lobby saying something like, “Look people don’t care about animal welfare. Even progressive cities turned this down.” Could this effect trigger something like the EATS act getting passed? I don’t have an informed opinion on this, but it seems like a significant backfire risk.
I’m also worried that 308 (Denver’s fur ban) would have passed without 309 (Denver’s slaughterhouse ban) being right next to it. The Denver Democrats anti-endorsed both measures which may not have happened if the measures were run separately (total guess on that one, but it passed in Boulder which has very similar demographics).
At the same time, perhaps there is very significant social change & radical flank effects from forcing the vote on abolitionist work! Looking for insight.
What do you think about losses like these being a trigger for backsliding on other farmed animal work?
For instance, the Animal Ag Lobby saying something like, “Look people don’t care about animal welfare. Even progressive cities turned this down.” Could this effect trigger something like the EATS act getting passed? I don’t have an informed opinion on this, but it seems like a significant backfire risk.
I’m also worried that 308 (Denver’s fur ban) would have passed without 309 (Denver’s slaughterhouse ban) being right next to it. The Denver Democrats anti-endorsed both measures which may not have happened if the measures were run separately (total guess on that one, but it passed in Boulder which has very similar demographics).
At the same time, perhaps there is very significant social change & radical flank effects from forcing the vote on abolitionist work! Looking for insight.