#101 is gone according to the Secretary of States office. Listed under ballot initiatives "Withdrawn". Digging into it, the petitioner's (Dan Gates, the good guy in this case) motion to dismiss was unopposed by the respondents (Samantha Bruegger and Jeffrey Hersh).
#91 appears to be where they are putting all of the their money. Link below as to where that money is coming from. Spoiler alert...I know you'll be shocked to hear that the bulk of the money is coming from out of state animal rights organizations. One of the other contributors is Pat Craig the owner of The Wild Animal Sanctuary. Look into that one-he believes it's in the best interest of "Wild" animals to live inside pens outside of their native habitat. He's a "collector" of animals. A glorified cat lady, ala Carole Baskin of Tiger King fame who has also written editorials to our local papers in support of this initiative.
The petition format has been approved and they have until 07/05/2024 to turn their petition in for inclusion on the November ballot. Expect to see folks outside grocery stores in front range population centers collecting those important signatures. Because that's where they got the signatures and votes for the wolf initiative. Here is at least one group soliciting volunteers to collect those signatures. Know your enemy.
Maybe they'll highlight the media coverage of the recent mountain lion pet attacks in Summit County.
And, last but not least, actually the most important part of this is a link to Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management the one group that in my opinion is doing the most and leading the charge in this fight. I know there are others-this is where my money is going.
Wildlife management by ballot initiative should just be outlawed.
Barring that, maybe one of the CO groups should start a counter initiative. That really screws with voters when there's one pro, and one anti, anything on the same ballot. Most voters are dumb.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Hunting is under the gun, guns are under the gun, but most sit on they rears and keyboard instead of engaging.
You have what you deserve.
To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.-Richard Henry Lee
Endowment Member NRA, Life Member SAF-GOA, Life-Board Member, West TN Director TFA
It's a shame to see what's taking place in Colorado. I've got friends that have lived there for years and they're the salt of the earth. With that being said I wish some of the other western states would sell over the counter elk tags like Colorado. The revenue would decline big time it that happened, in Colorado.
At least 75% of the folks in Colorado are very close to a portion of folks in Louisiana.....DUMBER THAN A BOX OF HAMMERS!!
Amen. When wildlife and fisheries announced it will finally have a season on black bear, OMG the karen's that never hunted a day in their life and don't know [bleep] from shinola about wildlife management threw an absolute fit. Those few tags that will be issued won't do squat to the population.
Yep. Ballot Box Biology got us here an attempt by wildlife groups, most notably Priscilla Feral (fake name)—the president of Friends of Animals, to ban black bear baiting.
A lot of work by many people, and groups like SCI , AOC, and others, we were able to defeat it.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
