“Superior Farms is the last packing plant standing in the city limits of Denver.

Decades ago, several livestock production facilities operated just across the river from the Denver Stockyards where cattle and lamb were fed and then walked over the bridges into the packing plant.

The city of Denver changed dramatically during that time as its population surged. It continues to try to attract people from around the United States into the existing agriculture community.

In November, the processing plant’s fate will be decided by voters as an initiative that would prohibit slaughtering inside the city limits by 2026 will be on the ballot. Pro-Animal Future, an animal rights activist group, introduced the measure. The group’s proposed ordinance would eliminate slaughtering operations in Denver and “promote community awareness of animal welfare, bolster the city’s stance against animal cruelty, and in turn, foster a more humane environment in Denver.”

Currently, that initiative would affect one business: Superior Farms’ lamb processing plant, which has been owned by the company for more than 40 years.”

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