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“Denver voters will decide on Nov. 5 if current and future slaughterhouses should be banned in the city.

Currently, there is only one slaughterhouse in Denver, employee-owned Superior Farms, which has slaughtered, processed and packaged lambs and lamb meat at its location near the Platte River and Western Stock Show complex since the 1950s. About 300,000 lambs are slaughtered each year at the site, which would be forced to close if the ordinance passes.

Here’s what you need to know about Ordinance 309…

“…Who is spending money to support and oppose Ordinance 309?

Pro-Animal Future Denver had raised almost $244,276 through Sept. 30. The largest donors are listed on Pro-Animal Future’s website and include the Craigslist Charitable Fund, Animal Charity Evaluators, and the Phauna Foundation founded by animal rights activist Owen Gunden, according to his bio on woodstockfruitfestival.com.

Stop the Ban, Protect Jobs — a group opposing the measure — had raised nearly $957,592 through the Sept. 30, much of it from contributions from Superior Farms. The group has also received money from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the Colorado Livestock Association and the United Food & Commercial Workers International.”

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